Joraga Auxiliary
Creature — Elf Soldier Ally
: Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27965
Joraga Auxiliary gives a target creature +2/+2 until end of turn for three mana at instant speed — functional, but three mana for a temporary pump with no attached body is a bad rate in nearly every context. There are cheaper, permanent, or more impactful ways to spend that slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Joraga Auxiliary is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to playability. In Commander, one-shot pump spells without card advantage or a combo payoff rarely earn a slot — 99-card decks demand more leverage per mana. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, three mana for +2/+2 is simply too slow and too low-impact to see serious play when the format offers pump spells that cost one mana or less. It's a card that's technically castable everywhere and competitively relevant nowhere.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Joraga Auxiliary is deep bulk — the floor price for a card with no meaningful demand. That price is stable only because it can't really go lower, not because anything is driving interest in it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.