Lassoed by the Law
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "
: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #20395
Lassoed by the Law taps a creature and keeps it tapped as long as it stays enchanted — a permanent soft lock that also blanks the creature's activated abilities. Three mana for an aura removal effect is on the expensive side when Arrest and Minimus Containment exist at the same cost with broader or harder restrictions.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lassoed by the Law competes in a crowded field of three-mana pacifism effects, and it mostly loses that fight — Ossification, Darksteel Mutation, and Minimus Containment all offer harder answers at the same or lower cost. Where it edges out raw pacifism effects is the continuous tap, which shuts down tap-activated abilities and keeps the creature from blocking even if the controller gains vigilance elsewhere. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, aura-based removal is already fringe, and Lassoed by the Law is too slow and too soft to make cuts there. Standard is its most realistic competitive home, where the card pool is shallow enough that the tap clause can matter in creature-heavy metas.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Lassoed by the Law is deep bulk — buy-a-box territory where price movement is effectively zero. It holds no financial value worth tracking, but the entry cost to try it is negligible.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.