Jori En, Ruin Diver
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4744
Jori En, Ruin Diver turns the second spell you cast each turn into a free card — a straightforward engine that snowballs fast in any deck built to cast multiple instants or sorceries per turn cycle. The cost is the creature type: at three mana with a 2/3 body, it dies to nearly every board wipe and a lot of spot removal, so you need your spell density to pay off before it does.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Eshki Dragonclaw
Eshki Dragonclaw's built-in incentive to double-spell on your turn means Jori En, Ruin Diver is drawing a card almost every turn without any extra setup — the two commanders are chasing exactly the same game plan.
Neera, Wild Mage
Neera, Wild Mage decks are already casting a high volume of instants and sorceries to fuel cascade-style chaos, so Jori En, Ruin Diver slots in as a reliable draw engine that doesn't rely on any particular hit off Neera's ability.
Eris, Roar of the Storm
Eris, Roar of the Storm rewards casting your second spell each turn with storm triggers, and Jori En, Ruin Diver staples card draw onto that same trigger condition — both engines fire simultaneously off the same play pattern.
Veyran, Voice of Duality
Veyran, Voice of Duality doubles magecraft triggers, and while Jori En, Ruin Diver isn't a magecraft card itself, Veyran decks run enough cantrips and chained spells that hitting two spells per turn is trivial, making Jori En a clean source of incidental draw.
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Balmor, Battlemage Captain pushes aggressive spell-slinging by buffing creatures whenever you cast an instant or sorcery, and Jori En, Ruin Diver rides that same spell density to draw the pump spells and combat tricks that keep the pressure on.
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 |
Commander is where Jori En, Ruin Diver actually lives — the 100-card singleton format rewards low-cost, repeatable draw, and Jori En turns the second-spell-per-turn benchmark that Izzet shells hit naturally into a card-per-turn advantage engine. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern, a three-mana creature that draws one card per turn cycle just doesn't move the needle; those formats have faster, more resilient engines and no shortage of cheaper cantrips to chain. Pioneer is legal but similarly uninterested — creature-based card draw at three mana competes with planeswalkers and midrange threats that do far more work. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format worth a mention: spell-dense Izzet oathbreaker builds can get real mileage out of Jori En, Ruin Diver in a faster, 60-card singleton environment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Jori En, Ruin Diver isn't confirmed in our current feed, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the live number. Historically it's sat well under a dollar given its age and reprint history, which makes it a low-risk pickup for any Izzet spell-slinger build.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Eshki Dragonclaw
- Neera, Wild Mage
- Eris, Roar of the Storm
- Veyran, Voice of Duality
- Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.