Alacrian Jaguar
Creature — Cat Mount
Vigilance
Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Saddle 1 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #21780
Alacrian Jaguar is a 2/1 with double strike for two mana — a fine rate on paper, but double strike without evasion or a pump outlet behind it rarely closes games. It earns a slot only in dedicated combat-trick or Voltron shells where the double-damage math does real work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Alacrian Jaguar is too small to matter without explicit support — a 2/1 body gets stonewalled by any token and dies to a stiff breeze. In aggressive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, double strike at two mana is marginally playable in aura-based strategies, but the competition at that slot is fierce. Pauper is the most honest home: the commons pool is shallow enough that a double-striker with no downside can show up in Bogles-style or pump-spell decks. In Standard, Alacrian Jaguar is filler unless the current card pool offers synergies that actively abuse double strike.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Alacrian Jaguar is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without a second thought. That price reflects the narrow demand; it won't climb unless a future set prints something that turns cheap double-strikers into combo pieces.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.