Halam Djinn
Creature — Djinn
Haste
This creature gets -2/-2 as long as red is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30865
Halam Djinn is a 5/4 trampler for four mana — above-rate on paper — but it comes with a serious drawback: it gets -1/-1 for each green card in your hand at the start of your upkeep, which means it often shrinks into irrelevance before it can close a game. The upside doesn't offset the bookkeeping burden and the board presence you're giving up.
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 |
Halam Djinn is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that legality is theoretical rather than practical. In Commander, a four-mana creature that punishes you for holding green cards has no place in a format built around card advantage and full hands — you'd need to deliberately impoverish yourself to keep it viable, and even then a 5/4 trample doesn't close games in a four-player pod. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient threats, and the self-limiting clause means Halam Djinn never entered those conversations. It's a bulk curiosity, not a format player.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Halam Djinn sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no pressure pushing that price up. It sees essentially no competitive or casual demand, so bulk is where it stays.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.