Magistrate's Veto
Enchantment
White creatures and blue creatures can't block.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #24487
Magistrate's Veto shuts off your opponents' extra combat steps entirely — a one-card answer to Aggravated Assault, Savage Beating, and every Aurelia trigger in the game. Three mana for a permanent, unconditional lock on additional combats is a strong rate for any blue-red deck that needs to survive aggressive tables.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Magistrate's Veto earns its slot — extra combat strategies are a fixture of the format, and a three-mana enchantment that shuts them down permanently is the kind of proactive hate that pulls real weight at a four-player table. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but neither format leans on additional combat steps enough to make this a serious inclusion over cheaper interaction. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: relevant hate at a reasonable cost, but only if your local meta has players trying to untap and swing again.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Magistrate's Veto sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying nearly nothing for a card with a very specific but real use case. Bulk prices rarely move up unless a card spikes from renewed competitive interest, and this one's ceiling is modest, so pick it up for the effect, not the spec.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.