Jaws of Stone
Sorcery
Jaws of Stone deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of targets, where X is the number of Mountains you control as you cast this spell.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #23906
Jaws of Stone deals X damage split among any number of targets, where X is the number of Mountains you control — in a mono-red deck with 30-plus Mountains, that's a one-sided board wipe that also pings a planeswalker or face. The cost is the setup: it does almost nothing in a two- or three-color deck, and it competes for slots with unconditional removal that works regardless of land count.
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 |
Commander is where Jaws of Stone actually belongs — mono-red landfall and land-matters builds like Valakut strategies or high Mountain-count decks can routinely point 25-plus damage wherever they need it, making this a scalable sweeper that doubles as direct damage. Outside of that specific shell, it's dead weight; even in two-color red decks the Mountain count drops fast enough that Jaws of Stone becomes a disappointingly small spell for its mana investment. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but will never touch it — those formats have no patience for sorcery-speed, setup-dependent damage. Modern is technically legal and equally uninterested.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Jaws of Stone is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. That price won't move; it's been this cheap since release and nothing in its design profile suggests a breakout moment is coming.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.