Juntu Stakes
Artifact
Creatures with power 1 or less don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #24668
Juntu Stakes locks down every creature with power 2 or less at end of turn — for just one mana, it blanks most token armies, mana dorks, and utility creatures without requiring any ongoing investment. It's a niche lock piece that earns its slot in specific tap-and-untap or stax strategies and belongs nowhere else.
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 |
In Commander, Juntu Stakes is a stax piece for decks that can exempt themselves from the effect — either by going wide with high-power creatures or by running untap engines that don't care about the tap restriction. Legacy and Vintage are the only other formats where it's legal, and neither has ever found a compelling home for it; the effect is too narrow and too easy to play around when sideboards exist. Commander is the format where it has any real identity, and even there the homes are specific.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Juntu Stakes is firmly bulk — cheap enough that picking up a copy costs nothing, but don't expect that to change. Bulk stax pieces with narrow applications don't climb unless a new commander breaks them open.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.