Jar of Eyeballs
Artifact
Whenever a creature you control dies, put two eyeball counters on this artifact.
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, Remove all eyeball counters from this artifact: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of eyeball counters removed this way. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #18528
Jar of Eyeballs is a slow tutor that earns its payoff only in decks that kill their own creatures repeatedly — in those shells, it eventually lets you pick any card off the top of your library. Three mana to cast and two to activate is a steep investment for an effect that arrives several turns late, so it earns a slot only when the death-trigger count is high and consistent.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jar of Eyeballs is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, the tutor bar is set by Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor — Jar of Eyeballs doesn't come close. Modern has enough redundancy that a slow, conditional artifact tutor never makes the cut. Commander is the one format where the card finds a home: aristocrats and sacrifice-heavy decks can load counters fast enough that the activation becomes a near-guaranteed topdeck of whatever you need.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Jar of Eyeballs is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar bin or bulk-lot purchase. It's unlikely to spike given how narrow the decks that actually want it are, so grab it cheap if your list qualifies and don't worry about the price moving.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.