Judge Unworthy
Instant
Choose target attacking or blocking creature. Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Judge Unworthy deals damage equal to that card's mana value to that creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #23757
Judge Unworthy exiles a target creature — hard removal, not a bounce or tap — and the scry 3 attached to that effect is a meaningful card-selection bonus at instant speed. Three mana at sorcery speed for single-target exile is below the bar in most formats, but the scry keeps it relevant in slower, value-oriented Commander builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Judge Unworthy fills the role of budget exile removal with a scry 3 rider that converts dead-card situations into setup — it's best in slower, top-deck-matters builds like Aminatou, the Fateshifter or any Azorius control shell that can use the library manipulation. In Legacy and Vintage, three-mana sorcery removal doesn't compete with Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile, so Judge Unworthy sees essentially no play there. Pauper is its most competitive home, where exile at common is harder to find and the scry can meaningfully pull ahead on resources in a longer game.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Judge Unworthy is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. The price is stable at floor; there's no demand spike coming for a three-mana sorcery removal spell, so buy it to play it, not to hold it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.