Jasmine Boreal
Legendary Creature — Human
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $5.45
- EDHREC rank
- #21705
Jasmine Boreal is a 4/5 vanilla creature for four mana — no abilities, no enters-the-battlefield trigger, nothing. The only reason to run it is as a namesake piece for Jasmine Boreal of the Seven, which rewards you specifically for playing cards that share its name.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven generates value whenever you cast a creature that shares a name with a card you control, and Jasmine Boreal is one of the few legal cards that satisfies that name-matching condition — making it a functional engine piece rather than a vanilla filler slot.
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 |
Jasmine Boreal is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive applications outside Commander are essentially zero — a 4/5 vanilla for four mana has never been close to playable in Legacy or Vintage. In Commander, the card exists for exactly one reason: Jasmine Boreal of the Seven decks that want to exploit the name-sharing mechanic. Outside of that specific shell, there is no argument for the card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If you want a four-mana 4/5 vanilla for other reasons, that role doesn't exist — no competitive deck wants a strictly vanilla creature at that cost. The honest answer is that Jasmine Boreal has no budget alternative because the name itself is the function; any substitute loses the entire point.
Price Context
Current price
$5.45 mid tier
At $5.45, Jasmine Boreal sits in the mid tier almost entirely on the back of demand from Jasmine Boreal of the Seven Commander decks — a narrow audience propping up a price that would otherwise be pennies for a vanilla creature. It's a reasonable buy if you're building that specific deck, but don't expect the price to mean anything outside that context.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.