Jazal Goldmane
Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
: Attacking creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #3475
Jazal Goldmane turns a board of tokens or small creatures into a one-shot kill — activate it once with four or five attackers and the math ends the game. The four-mana activation cost is real, but Arahbo, the First Fang decks and any token shell that can produce wide boards will pay it without hesitation.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arahbo, the First Fang
Arahbo, the First Fang is a Cat tribal commander, and Jazal Goldmane is a Cat that closes games — the creature type alone earns the slot, and the pump ability scales with every Cat Arahbo has been growing over the course of the game.
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah builds a wide board of Cat tokens naturally, and Jazal Goldmane converts that width into lethal damage in a single combat step.
Arahbo, Roar of the World
Arahbo, Roar of the World already buffs individual Cats for free each combat, and Jazal Goldmane stacks on top — a single Cat with Arahbo's eminence trigger plus Jazal's pump can delete a player before blocks matter.
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero rewards running creatures of multiple creature types, and Jazal Goldmane fills the Warrior slot while providing a game-ending mana sink when the party is assembled and attacking.
Nalia de'Arnise
Nalia de'Arnise goes wide with Dungeon tokens and aristocrats payoffs, and Jazal Goldmane gives that board an alpha strike mode that bypasses the need to grind life totals down incrementally.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jazal Goldmane is legal everywhere that counts but sees essentially zero play outside Commander — the four-mana-per-attack activation is unworkable in formats where games end on turn three or four. In Commander it earns its slot exclusively in go-wide creature strategies: Cat tribal, token doublers, or any deck that regularly attacks with five or more creatures and has mana to spare in combat. Outside of those shells it's too slow and too conditional to justify the four-mana body.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Jazal Goldmane is bulk — you're picking it up for essentially nothing. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new Cat or token commander pushes the archetype into mainstream popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Arahbo, the First Fang
- Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- Arahbo, Roar of the World
- Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
- Nalia de'Arnise
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.