Saprazzan Bailiff
Creature — Merfolk
When this creature enters, exile all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to their owners' hands.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #29116
Saprazzan Bailiff locks down one of an opponent's creatures every turn it stays untapped — a repeatable soft-stax effect stapled to a 1/1 body for three mana. The cost is the body itself: three mana buys you almost nothing in combat, and the tap requirement means any aggression on your part turns off the lock.
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 the natural home for Saprazzan Bailiff — the multiplayer table means there's almost always a high-value threat worth pinning down, and the long game gives the tap effect time to generate real value. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable; those formats end too fast for a three-mana 1/1 with a conditional tap ability to matter. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in pace, so the Bailiff can function there in a tap-synergy shell, though the smaller deck size makes consistency harder.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Saprazzan Bailiff is firmly bulk — buy-a-playset territory with no financial risk. It's a niche card with a narrow audience, so don't expect the price to move unless a Commander precon or popular deck list puts it in the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.