Jade Bearer
Creature — Merfolk Shaman
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target Merfolk you control.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21735
Jade Bearer enters the battlefield and puts a +1/+1 counter on another target Merfolk you control — a one-time ETB trigger on a 1/1 body for one mana. It's a filler card: playable only in tribal Merfolk lists that need the cheapest possible counter-distribution, and outclassed the moment you have access to anything more flexible.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Jade Bearer earns a slot only in dedicated Merfolk tribal decks that care specifically about +1/+1 counters — think Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca shells that want to tap cheap creatures for value. Everywhere else, a 1/1 that hands out a single counter once and does nothing else is below the power floor. In Pauper, tribal synergy decks occasionally want the cheapest possible one-drop to hit the curve, but Jade Bearer competes poorly even there against Merfolk with ongoing or evasive upside. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer Merfolk decks have no interest — the tempo and power demands of those formats leave a vanilla-statted ETB-trigger creature on the sidelines.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Jade Bearer is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box. It won't appreciate; demand is narrow enough that supply will always outrun it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.