Junún Efreet
Creature — Efreet
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay .
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30701
Junún Efreet is a 3/3 flyer for four mana — passable stats — but the upkeep cost ofor sacrificing it makes it functionally unplayable outside of mono-black shells with serious mana depth. Even there, the opportunity cost is too high when better four-drop threats exist.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Junún Efreet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that legality is theoretical — it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, the triple-black upkeep is a brutal ask in a format where multicolor mana bases are the norm and you rarely want to sink three black sources into keeping a single 3/3 alive. Legacy and Vintage have long since outpaced anything Junún Efreet offers, and Oathbreaker's compact game length means you can't afford that kind of recurring tax on your mana. This is a card that exists on legal lists, not inclusion lists.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Junún Efreet sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability accurately. Don't expect it to climb — demand is negligible, and no emerging archetype is going to rehabilitate a card with this upkeep structure.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.