Ojutai Interceptor
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
Megamorph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #29322
Ojutai Interceptor enters with a ward-style protection clause and flying, giving you an evasive body that costs opponents extra to answer. Five mana for a 3/4 flyer is below rate for any competitive format, and the protection rarely buys enough tempo to justify the slot.
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 |
Ojutai Interceptor is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in almost none of them. In Commander, five mana for a single evasive body without an enters-the-battlefield effect or immediate board impact is a tough sell — the format's power ceiling has moved past this. In Pauper, where every card earns its slot on raw efficiency, a 3/4 flyer at five mana competes against far more impactful commons. Ojutai Interceptor is bulk across the board because the stats and effect simply don't clear the bar in any format that asks the question seriously.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Ojutai Interceptor is deep bulk with no realistic path to appreciation. Pick it up freely for casual or theme decks, but don't expect demand to move the needle.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.