Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Warrior // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental
When Jill enters, return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
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: Exile Jill, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6585
Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice lands as a freeze effect stapled to a transforming threat — the front face locks down opposing creatures or permanents while the back face, Shiva, Warden of Ice, pressures the board as a payoff once the tap-down work is done. Y'shtola Rhul decks include it at over 54% precisely because the tap and freeze effects feed directly into Y'shtola's gameplan of controlling the board through lockout synergies.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Y'shtola Rhul
Y'shtola Rhul runs Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice at a 54% clip because Jill's tap and freeze effects dovetail with Y'shtola's ability to reward you for keeping opposing permanents locked down — it's an engine piece, not just a body.
Terra, Magical Adept
Terra, Magical Adept casts Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice as part of her suite of transforming or double-faced threats, and the freeze effect on the front face lines up with Terra's tempo-oriented, spell-slinging gameplan that wants to buy time while building toward a win.
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir reaches for Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice as a supporting piece in the Final Fantasy crossover shell, where the card's board-control utility complements Sephiroth's aggressive, counter-accumulating strategy well enough to earn a 12% inclusion rate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice does its best work — the tap and freeze effects scale up in a multiplayer environment where slowing down one or two threatening boards can swing the game, and the transformation into Shiva, Warden of Ice gives you a lasting threat rather than a one-shot answer. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the card faces a much higher bar: there are purpose-built freeze and tempo options at the same cost or cheaper, and the double-faced structure doesn't offer enough raw power to displace them. Legacy and Vintage are legal but largely irrelevant — the effect isn't close to the power ceiling those formats demand. Standard legality makes it a pickup worth watching if the Final Fantasy set delivers a meaningful Limited or Constructed environment around its tap-matters themes.
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Price Context
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Mentioned
- Y'shtola Rhul
- Terra, Magical Adept
- Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.