Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
Legendary Creature — Vampire Wizard
Flying
When Jeleva enters, each player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast Jeleva.
Whenever Jeleva attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among cards exiled with Jeleva without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander 2013 Oversized
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13958
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge hits the table and immediately exiles spells from every opponent's library, then threatens to cast the biggest one for free every time she attacks. The cost is fragility — at 4 mana for a 1/3 that dies to a stiff breeze, you need protection or a reanimation plan to reliably cash in on what she's exiled, but when the engine runs, the value is immediate and lopsided compared to almost anything else at her price point. Evelyn, the Covetous runs her precisely because exiling cards from opponents' libraries plays into the same theft-and-cast gameplan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Evelyn, the Covetous
Evelyn, the Covetous thrives on casting spells from opponents' libraries, and Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge enters the battlefield already having stripped those libraries of their most expensive instants and sorceries — she's doing Evelyn's homework before Evelyn even untaps.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge: four opponents means four libraries worth of instants and sorceries to exile, and the bigger the table's average spell quality, the more explosive her attack trigger becomes. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but sees no meaningful play — a 4-mana 1/3 with a delayed payoff can't compete in formats where the game is often decided on turn one or two. Oathbreaker is where she has fringe potential as a planeswalker-adjacent commander variant, though her ceiling there is lower with fewer cards exiled on entry. For most players, she lives and dies in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. She's a precon legend with multiple printings, which historically keeps supply healthy and prices modest — she's rarely a budget obstacle.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Evelyn, the Covetous
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.