Jukai Trainee
Creature — Human Samurai
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #25627
Jukai Trainee enters as a 2/3 for three mana and becomes a 4/4 with trample and haste the turn you can pay an additional two — a reasonable body that closes fast once the channel cost is met. The condition is light enough that this sees real play in stompy and +1/+1 counter shells, but it's never more than a role-player.
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 Trainee fits creature-based decks that want a cheap threat with a built-in late-game upgrade — Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider and Hamza, Guardian of Arashin lists are the clearest homes. In Pauper it competes in green aggro and stompy shells where the channel mode turns a board-stall into a haste-threat without spending a card. Modern and Pioneer have enough efficient three-drops that Jukai Trainee rarely makes the cut outside of budget builds. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Jukai Trainee is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a four-of without thinking twice about cost. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price floor don't recover unless a competitive deck adopts them, and nothing about this card's power level suggests that's coming.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.