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Jewel-Eyed Cobra

Creature — Snake

Deathtouch
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#13899
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Jewel-Eyed Cobra card art
Jewel-Eyed Cobra is a deathtouch snake that doubles as a sacrifice outlet — pay one mana and a creature to deal one damage, which means anything with deathtouch turns every activation into a kill. The combo ceiling with Scorched Rusalka and similar free-sac engines is real, and Fynn, the Fangbearer decks treat it as a utility piece that both enables poison counters and feeds the grind.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Fynn, the Fangbearer

Fynn, the Fangbearer

21.2% of decks · synergy 0.20

Fynn, the Fangbearer wins through deathtouch creatures connecting in combat, and Jewel-Eyed Cobra earns its slot twice over — it's a deathtouch body that triggers Fynn's poison counter ability, and its sacrifice outlet clears blockers or converts surplus creatures into direct damage when the board stalls.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Jewel-Eyed Cobra is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it sees meaningful play, specifically in deathtouch and snake tribal builds that want redundant sac outlets on a relevant body. In Pauper it's technically eligible but the format's faster threats and removal density make a three-mana 2/3 with a costly activation hard to justify. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the effect simply isn't powerful enough for those environments. Jewel-Eyed Cobra is a Commander card first and everything else a distant afterthought.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't available for Jewel-Eyed Cobra at this time — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values. Given its niche role in deathtouch Commander builds, it likely sits in bulk-to-low-value range, which makes it an easy pickup if the synergy fits your deck.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.