Strict Proctor
Creature — Spirit Cleric
Flying
Whenever a permanent entering causes a triggered ability to trigger, counter that ability unless its controller pays 
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Price
- $0.68
- EDHREC rank
- #10305
Strict Proctor taxes every triggered ability that triggers on a permanent entering the battlefield — opponents pay
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV already makes everything cost more for opponents, and Strict Proctor layers a second toll on top — together they create a soft lock where opponents can barely resolve spells, let alone benefit from the permanents those spells put into play.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Strict Proctor is a meta-dependent include: powerful in pods that rely on fetch lands, Blightsteel Colossus triggers, or token-doubling ETB chains, but a liability in your own ETB-value decks. In Modern and Legacy, it sees fringe sideboard consideration against Amulet Titan and artifact storm builds where taxing a single trigger is back-breaking, though dedicated hate like Torpor Orb often does the job at instant speed. Pioneer offers a narrower window — the format's ETB density is real but the tax is softer than a hard counter, so it rarely makes maindeck. Vintage has the raw power density to make the feel trivial, so Strict Proctor rarely appears there at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.68 bulk tier
At $0.68, Strict Proctor sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuinely playable stax piece. The price reflects limited demand — it's too narrow for most Commander lists and too conditional for most constructed sideboards — so don't expect significant movement unless a new ETB-heavy combo emerges to make taxing triggers universally desirable.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.