Demon's Jester
Creature — Imp
Flying
Hellbent — This creature gets +2/+1 as long as you have no cards in hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28566
Demon's Jester is a 3/1 flier with menace for three mana — reasonable stats with relevant evasion, no extra cost required. It's a solid role-player in aggressive black decks that want bodies in the air, nothing more.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Demon's Jester is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Pauper it's the most relevant context — a three-mana 3/1 with flying and menace is a real clock on an empty board, and the evasion combination makes it genuinely hard to block. In Commander, Demon's Jester is a fine budget slot in aggressive demon or aristocrats builds but competes with a crowded three-drop slot and won't make cuts in tuned lists. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Demon's Jester is deep bulk — buy a playset for pocket change. Don't expect the price to move; it's a common with a narrow home and no scarcity driving demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.