Jenara, Asura of War
Legendary Creature — Angel
Flying
: Put a +1/+1 counter on Jenara.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $1.56
- EDHREC rank
- #17991
Jenara, Asura of War is a 3/3 flying general for three mana that can grow itself at instant speed for a single blue mana and a +1/+1 counter — a repeatable threat that punishes opponents who tap out. The cost is color identity: Bant locks you into green, white, and blue, which is a real deckbuilding constraint but also a rich one.
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 |
In Commander, Jenara, Asura of War sits in an awkward spot — she's a perfectly serviceable Bant commander, but Bant has no shortage of more powerful options, and a voltron-style beatdown plan is slow against a table of three opponents. In Legacy and Vintage, a three-mana 3/3 flier with a mana sink is too slow to compete with the formats' resource-efficient threats, so she sees essentially zero competitive play there. Modern is theoretically legal but the same critique applies — she doesn't have the raw power or enters-the-battlefield effect to justify the slot. Where Jenara actually thrives is in lower-powered Commander tables where her repeatable pump gives her genuine late-game staying power and her Bant color identity opens up the full suite of green ramp, white removal, and blue interaction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.56 cheap tier
At $1.56, Jenara, Asura of War is firmly budget-tier and one of the cheaper ways into a Bant commander slot. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to spike, so there's no urgency — pick her up whenever it's convenient.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.