Jeweled Spirit
Creature — Spirit
Flying
Sacrifice two lands: This creature gains protection from artifacts or from the color of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #30922
Jeweled Spirit offers a 3/3 flying body with a built-in protection ability — sacrifice two lands to give it protection from a chosen color until end of turn — at five mana, which is a steep ask for a creature that doesn't impact the board the moment it arrives. The protection trigger is reactive and resource-intensive enough that Jeweled Spirit rarely justifies the slot over cheaper, more resilient threats.
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 |
In Commander, Jeweled Spirit occupies an awkward middle ground — the five-mana cost puts it in competition with game-winning plays, and sacrificing two lands to dodge removal is a tempo loss most decks can't absorb. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but neither format has any reason to run a five-mana 3/3 with a conditional protection ability when those formats reward speed above everything else. Oathbreaker, where games move faster and spell efficiency matters even more, gives Jeweled Spirit no better a home. Across every legal format, the card is outclassed by creatures that protect themselves for free or at a far lower cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Jeweled Spirit sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its limited competitive and casual demand. It's unlikely to appreciate — the effect isn't powerful enough to drive a spike, and better protection options exist at the same price point or lower.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.