Jeskai Charm
Instant
Choose one —
• Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
• Jeskai Charm deals 4 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RUW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #8794
Jeskai Charm earns its slot by doing three distinct things — bounce a threat, pump your team for a lethal swing, or dome someone for 4 — all on one card at instant speed. The cost is real: you need blue, red, and white open, which means it belongs in a dedicated Jeskai shell rather than a four- or five-color pile where color consistency is harder. Narset, Enlightened Exile decks get the most mileage because she can rebound it, turning a single pump or 4-damage shot into a repeatable threat; Precursor Golem lists love the bounce mode as a way to protect the whole token cluster from a wrath.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Narset, Enlightened Exile
Narset, Enlightened Exile appears in 17% of Narset decks because she rebounds noncreature spells, and Jeskai Charm rebounded means a free second trigger — bounce a blocker on offense, then do it again next combat, or land 8 damage across two end steps without spending another card.
The Archimandrite
The Archimandrite helms a Jeskai multicolor-matters strategy, and Jeskai Charm slots in as cheap, flexible interaction that checks all three of the commander's colors while pulling double duty as a pump finisher when the board is wide enough.
Aragorn, the Uniter
Aragorn, the Uniter triggers off blue, red, and white spells individually, so Jeskai Charm — a single card — fires all three of Aragorn's abilities the moment it resolves, making it one of the most efficient single activations in the deck.
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 |
In Commander, Jeskai Charm is a role-player rather than a staple — the flexibility matters in a four-player game where you need your spells to answer multiple threat types, and the 4-damage mode is a legitimate drain on a single opponent who's low on life. In Modern and Pioneer it competes against a deeper pool of efficient instants, and the three-color requirement is a real deckbuilding constraint; it shows up mostly in Jeskai control shells that can reliably cast it on curve. Legacy has the card pool to make it redundant — better bounce, better burn, better pump — so it rarely appears there. Oathbreaker is its second-best home after Commander, since the compressed game length makes modal flexibility on a cheap spell even more valuable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Zada, Hedron GrinderJeskai CharmEphemeral ShieldsArcbond
Each opponent loses the game; Infinite damage; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Jeskai Charm is deep bulk — you're picking up copies out of a common box, not tracking prices. That floor is stable given its narrow three-color identity keeps demand low, so there's no reason to buy more than you need.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.