Jester's Cap
Artifact
, 
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search target player's library for three cards and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #14061
Jester's Cap pays six mana to exile three cards from an opponent's library — and you pick which three, making it the cleanest surgical answer to combo decks that exist in Commander. The cost is steep and the effect doesn't win the game on its own, but no other colorless card removes specific threats from a library this cleanly.
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 |
Commander is where Jester's Cap earns its keep: with four opponents and combo decks that rely on one or two key pieces, naming the right cards at the right moment can effectively end someone's game plan before it starts. In Legacy and Vintage, the six-mana activation is too slow to matter — both formats end before Jester's Cap can be set up and cracked. Modern is legal but similarly hostile; six mana for a targeted exile effect loses badly to the format's clock. Jester's Cap is a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it occupies a narrow slot as a meta-read against degenerate combo in your specific pod.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Jester's Cap is firmly bulk — there's no financial barrier to picking one up. The price reflects its narrow application; it's not a staple, so don't expect it to climb.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.