Jaded Analyst
Creature — Human Detective
Defender
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, this creature loses defender and gains vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25230
Jaded Analyst replaces itself on entry — you cycle it for free when another creature enters under your control, making it a cantrip body at worst. The floor is a 2/1 for two mana that draws a card; the ceiling is a repeatable draw engine in any deck flooding the board with creatures.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Jaded Analyst earns a slot in any go-wide or token strategy where triggering the cycle condition costs nothing — every new creature becomes a free draw, and with three opponents threatening boards you need consistent gas. In Pauper it competes as a common cantrip body, but the conditional nature of the draw keeps it off most lists in favor of unconditional options. Across Constructed formats — Modern, Pioneer, Standard — Jaded Analyst is too slow and too dependent on board presence to outcompete dedicated draw spells, so it stays a Commander card in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Jaded Analyst is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a deck archetype explodes in popularity, so expect it to stay at this floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.