Tamiyo's Immobilizer
Artifact
This artifact enters with four oil counters on it.
, Remove an oil counter from this artifact: Tap target artifact or creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21542
Tamiyo's Immobilizer can tap down every creature an opponent controls for a single mana activation — the ceiling is enormous. The cost is paying two mana upfront for a 1/3 body and then keeping blue mana open each turn to cash in.
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 |
Commander is where Tamiyo's Immobilizer earns its slot, specifically in tap-synergy or Merfolk shells that want to strand opposing boards during a combo turn or alpha strike. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, tapping one creature per activation is too slow and too mana-intensive compared to a simple bounce or counterspell, and the body is irrelevant at those power levels. Vintage has better tools for every role this fills. The card is effectively a Commander card — and even there, it's a role-player, not a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Tamiyo's Immobilizer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box or toss in a trade binder without thinking twice. At that price it holds its value in the sense that it can't really fall further, but don't expect demand to push it anywhere meaningful.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.