Tolarian Entrancer
Creature — Human Wizard
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, gain control of that creature at end of combat.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $1.78
- EDHREC rank
- #23489
Tolarian Entrancer steals any creature that deals combat damage to you — a repeatable theft effect stapled to a 1/1 body for two mana. The ceiling is real, but the floor is fragile: it does nothing until something swings into it, making it entirely dependent on your opponents' aggression.
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 |
Tolarian Entrancer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where the conversation starts and ends — it's too slow and too conditional for Legacy or Vintage, where creatures hit harder and faster but the format rewards proactive threats over reactive theft. In Commander, Tolarian Entrancer finds its most forgiving home: multiplayer tables generate consistent aggression, so the trigger fires regularly, and stolen creatures are often generously sized. It fits best in blue decks built around theft, flicker, or token copying, where the stolen creature gets duplicated or reused before it would return.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$1.78 cheap tier
At $1.78, Tolarian Entrancer sits in the cheap tier — low enough to slot in without budget concerns. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to spike, but it won't crater either given its unique repeatable-theft text has no direct reprint competition.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.