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Joo Dee, One of Many

Creature — Human Advisor

{B}, {T}: Surveil 1. Create a token that's a copy of this creature, then sacrifice an artifact or creature. Activate only as a sorcery. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#12290
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Joo Dee, One of Many card art
Joo Dee, One of Many floods the board with token copies of itself whenever a Human enters under your control, generating recursive value that compounds fast in the right shell. The cost is a narrow tribal dependency — outside dedicated Human or sacrifice synergies like Pitiless Plunderer, it sits idle, and Mairsil, the Pretender builds are the primary Commander home where its cage-able activated ability earns a slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Mairsil, the Pretender

Mairsil, the Pretender

15.5% of decks · synergy 0.15

Mairsil, the Pretender exiles Joo Dee, One of Many to absorb its activated ability, then uses that ability through the cage to generate token copies and fuel sacrifice or untap loops without ever needing the original card on board.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Joo Dee, One of Many is legal across every major Constructed format but sees virtually no play outside Commander — the Human token engine it creates is too slow and conditional to compete in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the payoff requires a critical mass of creatures that efficient removal tears apart before it matters. Standard legality means little in practice; aggro and midrange decks there have no use for a slow value loop. Commander is the natural home, specifically in Human tribal or aristocrats shells where the token generation turns every creature entry into board presence and sacrifice fodder.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Joo Dee, One of ManyIntruder Alarm

Joo Dee, One of ManyIntruder Alarm

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite surveil; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Joo Dee, One of Many is bulk, and it will almost certainly stay there — the card's appeal is narrow enough that no spike in casual demand is likely to push it out of the bulk bin. Grab copies freely; the price ceiling is low, but so is the barrier to entry for the decks that actually want it.

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