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Jackdaw Savior

Creature — Bird Cleric

Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature you control with flying dies, return another target creature card with lesser mana value from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Bloomburrow Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4407
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Jackdaw Savior card art
Jackdaw Savior puts a reanimation effect on a flying body — you get a creature back from the graveyard and a threat in the air for the same mana. The cost is that it's narrower than Loyal Retainers in most shells, but inside Kastral, the Windcrested it earns its slot cleanly.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kastral, the Windcrested

Kastral, the Windcrested

69.5% of decks · synergy 0.65

Jackdaw Savior fits Kastral, the Windcrested like it was designed for the deck — recurring key flying threats extends Kastral's attack-trigger engine and keeps the board pressure relentless.

02
Choco, Seeker of Paradise

Choco, Seeker of Paradise

59.3% of decks · synergy 0.55

Choco, Seeker of Paradise wants a steady stream of flying creatures to trigger and protect its value loops, and Jackdaw Savior supplies both a recursive threat and an on-type body in one card.

03
Errant and Giada

Errant and Giada

38.5% of decks · synergy 0.34

Errant and Giada builds around Angels and fliers, so Jackdaw Savior doubles as a recursive engine and a creature that fits the tribal shell without taking up a non-synergy slot.

04
Kangee, Sky Warden

Kangee, Sky Warden

28.8% of decks · synergy 0.25

Kangee, Sky Warden rewards stacking the board with Birds and fliers, and Jackdaw Savior's reanimation keeps the flock intact after sweepers that would otherwise set the plan back a full turn.

05
Sephara, Sky's Blade

Sephara, Sky's Blade

22.9% of decks · synergy 0.22

Sephara, Sky's Blade's cost reduction and indestructibility package demands a critical mass of flying bodies, and Jackdaw Savior recovers one of those bodies from the graveyard while adding another to the air.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Jackdaw Savior actually belongs — the singleton format rewards swiss-army utility, and a reanimation effect stapled to a flying creature checks two boxes at once in flier-tribal and graveyard-adjacent decks. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it doesn't clear the bar: dedicated reanimation spells are cheaper or more powerful, and the body isn't impactful enough to justify the slot. Legacy and Vintage have even higher bars, where Jackdaw Savior simply gets outclassed by the format's raw power level. Standard is the one non-Commander context worth watching — if the format lacks reanimation density, Jackdaw Savior can pull real value in aggressive flying builds, though it's still a role-player rather than a centerpiece.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Jackdaw Savior isn't available in our current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live market figures before buying. Given the card's specific synergy profile and commander-centric demand, it likely sits in the low-to-mid bulk rare range until a high-profile deck pushes adoption.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.