Vronos, Masked Inquisitor
Legendary Planeswalker — Vronos
+1: Up to two other target planeswalkers you control phase out at the beginning of the next end step. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until your next turn.)
−2: For each opponent, return up to one target nonland permanent that player controls to its owner's hand.
−7: Target artifact you control becomes a 9/9 Construct artifact creature and gains vigilance, indestructible, and "This creature can't be blocked."
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $3.59
- EDHREC rank
- #6844
Vronos, Masked Inquisitor lands on the battlefield and immediately starts ticking up planeswalkers you control — including Commodore Guff — while threatening to blink opposing permanents out of existence with the minus ability. The cost is that he demands a dedicated planeswalker shell to justify his slot; outside one, he's a five-mana do-not-much.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commodore Guff
Commodore Guff runs Vronos, Masked Inquisitor in over 80% of lists because Vronos's static ability adds a loyalty counter to every planeswalker you control each upkeep, which compounds Guff's own counter-stacking engine and accelerates ultimates across the whole board.
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus doubles proliferate triggers, and Vronos, Masked Inquisitor's static counter-generation gives the deck another consistent loyalty engine to proliferate on top of — the two together push planeswalker ultimates several turns ahead of schedule.
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager decks lean Grixis and often run a planeswalker package; Vronos, Masked Inquisitor supplies passive loyalty growth and a blink-removal threat that fits cleanly into the controlling, attrition-heavy gameplan those lists favor.
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master occasionally shells planeswalkers alongside dragons for resilience, and Vronos, Masked Inquisitor's persistent loyalty padding keeps those supporting walkers alive long enough to threaten ultimates without requiring active protection spells.
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 |
Vronos, Masked Inquisitor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where he does real work. In Legacy and Vintage the five-mana cost and reliance on a planeswalker board state make him a non-starter against faster, more disruptive competition. Oathbreaker is the one alternative worth mentioning — if you're building around a planeswalker signature spell package, the passive loyalty engine has genuine upside in that format's tighter threat density. Outside planeswalker-heavy Commander builds, though, he's a spectator.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.59 cheap tier
At $3.59, Vronos, Masked Inquisitor sits at cheap-tier pricing that accurately reflects his narrow playability — strong in the right shell, irrelevant outside it. Demand is unlikely to drive him higher unless a new planeswalker-stacking commander pushes the archetype into broader popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Commodore Guff
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
- Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
- Sivitri, Dragon Master
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.