Spara's Adjudicators
Creature — Cat Citizen
When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls can't attack or block until your next turn.
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- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #22407
Spara's Adjudicators puts a 4/3 vigilance body on the board and taps down an opponent's nonland permanent every time a player casts a spell from hand — that's a repeating soft-lock stapled to a relevant threat. Four mana for that effect is a reasonable rate, but only in decks that can guarantee a high spell volume; in slower or more tap-out-focused builds, it's just a vanilla beatstick.
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 |
In Commander, Spara's Adjudicators earns its slot in high-volume spellslinger or flash-heavy decks where opponents are casting spells every turn, turning each upkeep into a free Frost Breath. It scales with table size — four players means four potential taps per round — which is a meaningful political tool or soft lockpiece depending on how you use it. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but those formats demand tighter efficiency and Spara's Adjudicators simply doesn't clear the bar in any of them. In Pauper it's at common rarity and could see fringe play in a dedicated tempo shell, though better tap effects exist at that power level.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Spara's Adjudicators is pure bulk — you're paying postage, not a card price. That floor is stable; there's no spike potential here, so buy it for the effect and don't think about it again.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.