Body of Jukai
Creature — Spirit
Trample
Soulshift 8 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 8 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #23970
Body of Jukai lands as a 6/6 trample with a built-in +1/+1 counter engine that feeds off your own spells — meaningful stats and a scaling threat in one card. The seven-mana price tag is steep, but you're paying for a creature that keeps growing rather than sitting static.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Body of Jukai belongs in counter-synergy decks that can proliferate or otherwise leverage its growth — it's too slow and narrow for generic green midrange, but in the right shell it becomes a threat opponents have to answer. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable; seven mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature doesn't compete with what those formats are doing on turns one through three. Modern has no real home for it either — the format moves too fast for a seven-drop that needs additional spells to justify its cost. Body of Jukai is effectively a Commander-only card, and even there it needs a dedicated archetype to earn its slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Body of Jukai is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap acquisition for any counter-synergy build. Bulk rares with narrow application rarely climb, so don't expect the price to move unless a future commander dramatically spikes its demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.