Joust
Sorcery
Choose target creature you control and target creature you don't control. The creature you control gets +2/+1 until end of turn if it's a Knight. Then those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21494
Joust trades a creature in combat at sorcery speed while giving your attacker a temporary power bump — conditional removal stapled to a combat trick, costing two mana. It's too narrow for most Commander lists, where unconditional removal like Swords to Plowshares or even Generous Gift does the job without demanding an open attack step.
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 |
In Commander, Joust competes in a removal slot where the bar is high and the pool is deep — it only fires when you're attacking, which means a patient opponent simply doesn't block and the card sits dead. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's similarly outclassed by cheaper, unconditional interaction, and no competitive list has a reason to run it. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's environment closely enough that the same critique applies. Joust isn't unplayable in a vacuum, but in every format where it's legal, better options exist at the same cost or less.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Joust sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. Don't expect that floor to move; bulk combat tricks don't appreciate unless they find a competitive home, and this one hasn't.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.