Jugan, the Rising Star
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Flying
When Jugan dies, you may distribute five +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #11682
Jugan, the Rising Star drops five +1/+1 counters on death — distributed freely across your creatures — which is a meaningful board swing for a five-mana 6/6 flier even before any recursion shenanigans. Pair it with Nim Deathmantle and a sacrifice outlet and those counters become a repeatable engine, not a consolation prize.
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 where Jugan, the Rising Star actually lives — the death trigger scales with counter synergies, aristocrats loops, and reanimator packages that the format naturally enables. In Legacy and Vintage it's a five-mana creature competing against formats that end the game before it resolves, so it sees essentially zero competitive play there. Modern is the same story: the rate is too slow and the effect too conditional for a format with efficient threats at every mana step. Oathbreaker follows the Commander logic in miniature — playable in the right shell, invisible outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Jugan, the Rising StarNim DeathmantleCrystalline CrawlerAshnod's Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control; Infinite colored mana; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Jugan, the Rising StarNim DeathmantleCrystalline CrawlerPhyrexian Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control; Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Jugan, the Rising StarNim DeathmantleCrystalline CrawlerAltar of Dementia
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mill; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill
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Jugan, the Rising StarNim DeathmantleCrystalline CrawlerGoblin Bombardment
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control; Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Jugan, the Rising Star is deep bulk — pick it up as a throw-in or sort-bin find. The price is stable at this floor; demand is niche enough that no sudden spike is likely, but it's not going lower either.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.