Djeru, With Eyes Open
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Vigilance
When Djeru enters, you may search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
If a source would deal damage to a planeswalker you control, prevent 1 of that damage.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #11685
Djeru, With Eyes Open enters the battlefield and tutors any planeswalker directly to hand — that's a 5-mana Demonic Tutor with a 4/3 vigilance body attached. The ward-style damage reduction for your planeswalkers is real upside, but the tutor effect alone justifies the slot in any deck built around planeswalkers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Djeru, With Eyes Open earns its keep — any superfriends build wants a repeatable planeswalker tutor, and flickering Djeru to refetch is a legitimate engine. In Pioneer and Modern, the five-mana cost is prohibitive given the competitive density of those formats, and dedicated planeswalker shells there can find cheaper tutors or just run redundant copies. Legacy and Vintage have even less patience for a five-drop value creature. Oathbreaker is the sleeper home: if your oathbreaker is a planeswalker, Djeru is a creature that finds it after a commander tax, which is a meaningful role in that format.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Djeru, With Eyes Open is deep bulk — you'll find it in any commons box or bulk lot without effort. That price reflects casual demand only; it won't appreciate unless a new superfriends commander spikes interest, so buy it for the deck, not the binder.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.