Wanderer's Intervention
Instant
Wanderer's Intervention deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #17972
Wanderer's Intervention exiles a creature or planeswalker for two mana at instant speed — clean, permanent removal that doesn't care about indestructible or regeneration. The cost is the Samurai subtype restriction on the Enlist rider, but the base spell is playable on its own merits in any white deck running Raiyuu, Storm's Edge.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge triggers additional combat steps off Samurai and Warrior attacks, and Wanderer's Intervention is a Samurai spell that doubles as instant-speed interaction — it earns its slot as removal that also counts toward the tribal synergy package.
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 |
In Commander, Wanderer's Intervention fills the role of cheap, exile-based removal in white, a slot that's always in demand given the format's prevalence of indestructible commanders and graveyard recursion. Pauper is the other format where it matters most — unconditional two-mana exile at common is legitimately above the rate curve for creature removal at that rarity. In Modern and Pioneer it faces stiff competition from Path to Exile and Fateful Absence, which offer broader targeting or upside without the tribal flavor text; Wanderer's Intervention doesn't make those 60-card cuts. Legacy and Vintage don't need it at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Wanderer's Intervention is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common box or as a throw-in. Bulk commons with genuine Commander utility tend to stay flat; there's no meaningful price floor to drop through here.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.