Tractor Beam
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature or Spacecraft
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent.
You control enchanted permanent.
Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #20199
Tractor Beam taps a target creature and keeps it tapped during its controller's untap step — persistent soft-lock pressure for one blue mana upkeep. It's narrow enough that only dedicated tap-synergy or stax shells will want it, but in those decks it punches above its humble rate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tractor Beam is a Commander card through and through — the repeatable tap effect scales in a multiplayer game where neutralizing one dangerous threat for several turns can buy critical time. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, or Vintage it's simply too slow and too fragile; spending mana each upkeep to freeze a single creature is a losing proposition against efficient threats and interaction. Standard and Oathbreaker are theoretically legal but offer the same verdict: Tractor Beam needs the long game and multiple opponents to justify its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Tractor Beam is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy outright. Don't expect price movement; it will stay at this floor unless a tap-synergy commander pushes it into high demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.