Benthic Djinn
Creature — Djinn
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.57
- EDHREC rank
- #28689
Benthic Djinn is a 5/4 flyer for four mana — above-rate stats — with the catch that it attacks toward you each turn if you don't have the blue mana to stop it. That drawback is real enough to keep it out of most serious lists, but in the right shell it's a cheap, evasive threat that closes games fast.
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 |
Benthic Djinn is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 5/4 flyer for four is fine on rate, but the forced-attack drawback is genuinely dangerous in a multiplayer format where opponents can exploit it — attacking into a deathtouch blocker or a loaded combat trick is a real loss. Legacy and Vintage have enough raw power that a drawback creature at this mana cost never makes the cut. Oathbreaker is the most hospitable environment, where games are faster and the card can close out a game before the drawback bites.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.57 bulk tier
At $0.57, Benthic Djinn sits squarely in bulk territory — easy to acquire, zero financial risk. Don't expect that price to move; demand is low and supply is not scarce, so this is a pickup-from-the-bulk-bin card rather than anything worth tracking.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.