Jukai Preserver
Enchantment Creature — Human Druid
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Channel — 
, Discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #22549
Jukai Preserver enters and puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control — that's immediate, board-wide impact for a four-mana 3/3. Evolution Witness stapled onto a body is the honest read: the recursion clause is real upside, but the enter trigger alone justifies the slot in counters decks.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Jukai Preserver is a consistent role-player in any green deck that cares about +1/+1 counters — the enter trigger scales with board size, and the recursion text means it's rarely dead in the late game. Pauper is where it sees the most non-Commander action: green creature toolbox decks value the body and the incidental counter distribution at common rarity. In Modern and Pioneer the four-mana slot is too contested for a creature this fair, and Legacy has no room for it. Jukai Preserver is essentially a Commander and Pauper card wearing formats it can legally enter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Evolution WitnessJukai PreserverCrystalline CrawlerZirda, the Dawnwaker
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite self-discard triggers
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Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Jukai Preserver is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any dollar bin or thrown into a trade as filler. Bulk rares with niche Commander demand don't typically climb unless a new commander breaks the card wide open, so treat it as a cheap pickup and nothing more.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.