Jayemdae Tome
Artifact — Book
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: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #19713
Jayemdae Tome costs four mana to cast and another four to draw a single card — a tax so steep that virtually every format has better options at a fraction of the price. It is a historical artifact, not a competitive draw engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jayemdae Tome is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that legal status is mostly academic. In Commander, the card draw bar is set by engines like Rhystic Study and Necropotence — paying four mana at sorcery speed for one card is nowhere near that bar. In competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage, the card simply doesn't exist; zero-mana draw spells and cantrips make this unplayable. Modern and Pioneer have similarly moved past it. The only context where Jayemdae Tome makes sense is a deliberately powered-down casual table or a nostalgia-driven vintage-feel build where the inefficiency is the point.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Jayemdae Tome sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its play value accurately. There is no competitive demand propping it up, so don't expect the number to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.