Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
First strike
Metalcraft — Creatures you control get +3/+0 as long as you control three or more artifacts.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #8493
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer hands every creature you control +3/+0 the moment you hit metalcraft — that's a board-wide pump that ends games from nowhere on a wide artifact-creature board. The cost is a five-mana legend who does nothing the turn you play him if you're not already artifact-heavy, which makes him a threat that rewards setup rather than creating it. General Ferrous Rokiric decks hit metalcraft trivially and treat Jor Kadeen as a finisher that closes the game the same turn the tokens swing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Ferrous Rokiric
General Ferrous Rokiric generates Golems with every multicolored spell, and a board of artifact tokens is exactly the metalcraft trigger Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer needs to flip the game-ending +3/+0 pump — 67% inclusion rate makes this the natural home.
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival builds an artifact-token board through her own engine, and Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer converts that mass of small artifact creatures into a lethal alpha strike with metalcraft online.
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard creates and empowers artifact tokens with double strike triggers, and Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer stacks on top of that momentum to make every attacker dramatically larger.
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon floods the board with Gnome artifact tokens every combat step, and Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer turns that ever-growing pile into a lethal wave the moment metalcraft is active.
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 the correct home for Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer — five mana for a passive anthem is too slow for Legacy or Vintage, where the game is often decided before a metalcraft payoff can matter, but in a 100-card singleton format built around artifact tokens the condition is trivially met. As a commander, he's a dedicated build-around who demands a critical mass of artifacts in the 99; as part of the 99 himself, he's a redundant finisher in decks that already win through artifact-creature aggro. Modern legality is technically there, but no competitive Modern deck is looking for a five-mana do-nothing-alone creature when Affinity and Hardened Scales run leaner payoffs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer is deep bulk — a Commander staple in a very specific archetype that has never crossed into broader demand. That price is stable: he's not a reprint target for expensive products and not a card casual players fight over, so expect the floor to hold without meaningful upward movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.