Syndicate Enforcer
Creature — Human Rogue
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay 
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #17885
Syndicate Enforcer enters with three +1/+1 counters if you paid its casualty cost, making it a 4/4 for five mana — acceptable stats, but nothing that clears the bar in Commander where five mana buys creatures that win games. The casualty rider asks you to sacrifice a creature to get the bonus, and in any format with real competition, that ask isn't worth a vanilla body.
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 |
Syndicate Enforcer is a bulk rare in every format it's legal in, and Pauper is ironically its best home — five mana for a 4/4 is at least in the neighborhood of playable when the ceiling is lower. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, it doesn't register; the power floor is simply too high for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no text beyond the conditional counter bonus. Commander is where it looks worst: five mana needs to draw cards, tutor, generate value, or win on the spot, and Syndicate Enforcer does none of those things.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Syndicate Enforcer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card. Don't expect the price to move; there's no competitive application driving demand and no casual appeal strong enough to change that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.