Jwar Isle Avenger
Creature — Sphinx
Surge 
(You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
Flying
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24990
Jwar Isle Avenger is a 3/3 flying hexproof for six mana — the effect is fine, the cost is not. Six mana for a single body with no enters-the-battlefield trigger and no immediate board impact is a steep ask in any competitive environment.
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 |
Jwar Isle Avenger is bulk-rare territory in every format it's legal in. In Commander, six mana buys you threats that either generate immediate value or close games — a vanilla-adjacent hexproof flyer does neither. Pauper is where it's most plausible, since hexproof evasive bodies are harder to answer there, but even that format moves fast enough to punish a do-nothing six-drop. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern don't want it at any cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Jwar Isle Avenger is deep bulk — buy it for a penny-bin casual deck and don't think twice about the price. It won't appreciate; there's no competitive demand pulling it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.