Moorland Inquisitor
Creature — Human Soldier
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #28752
Moorland Inquisitor is a 2/2 for two mana that gains first strike until end of turn whenever you cast a spell — a conditional, repeatable combat trick stapled to an underwhelming body. The floor is too low and the ceiling too narrow to justify a slot in almost any constructed context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Moorland Inquisitor is bulk in every format it's legal in. Pauper is the only environment where a cheap, on-theme creature with a triggered ability gets a second look, but even there the effect requires spell investment to matter and the 2/2 base stat line doesn't trade up. In Commander, it's outclassed by nearly every white two-drop with a persistent ability rather than a triggered one. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the bar for a two-mana 2/2 with no immediate impact is impossibly high.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Moorland Inquisitor sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there. There's no competitive demand pulling the price up, so it's a casual throw-in at best — fine if you already own one, not worth a deliberate purchase.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.