Jared Carthalion

Legendary Planeswalker — Jared

+1: Create a 3/3 Kavu creature token with trample that's all colors.
−3: Choose up to two target creatures. For each of them, put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of colors it is.
−6: Return target multicolored card from your graveyard to your hand. If that card was all colors, draw a card and create two Treasure tokens.
Jared Carthalion can be your commander.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Color identity
BGRUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Dominaria United Commander
Price
EDHREC rank
#8965
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Jared Carthalion card art
Jared Carthalion enters the battlefield and immediately demands attention — he accumulates +1/+1 counters whenever opponents deal damage to him, then converts those counters into monarch-stealing muscle that can threaten the table. The catch is that he costs five mana for a 3/3 with no built-in evasion, so he needs support to survive long enough to pay off.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Jared Carthalion is a Commander card in every meaningful sense — the monarch mechanic, the political damage-redirection gameplay, and the five-mana cost all point squarely at the 100-card casual format where he has the tools and the time to matter. In Legacy and Vintage he's technically legal but will never see a sleeve outside of a Commander night; five mana for a creature with no immediate impact doesn't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer DNA and is the only other context where Jared's counter-accumulation and monarch synergies could realistically function.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't currently available for Jared Carthalion, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a live number. Given that he's a niche commander with a narrow competitive ceiling, expect him to sit in budget-rare territory — worth picking up on impulse if you see him cheap, not worth hunting down at a premium.

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