---
name: "Tax Collector"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Advisor"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Detain", "Tax", "Arrest"]
set: "ACR"
set_name: "Assassin's Creed"
collector_number: "182"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Miklós Ligeti"
oracle_id: "66837faa-fbde-456d-b00f-eb17fbdd04aa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tax-collector-acr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tax Collector
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Advisor
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Detain, Tax, Arrest

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Tax — Until your next turn, spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.
• Arrest — Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

> *Peu de choses sont certaines en ce monde.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tax Taker](/printing/tax-taker-mb2.md) — Creature — Rat Advisor
2. [The Pleasant Taxer](/printing/the-pleasant-taxer-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Tithe Taker](/printing/tithe-taker-prna.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Azorius Justiciar](/printing/azorius-justiciar-clu.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Azorius Arrester](/printing/azorius-arrester-rtr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Tax Keeper](/printing/tax-keeper-unk.md) — Creature — Elf Advisor

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Assassin's Creed (ACR) #182
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Miklós Ligeti
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`