Mijae Djinn
Creature — Djinn
Whenever this creature attacks, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, remove this creature from combat and tap it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Price
- $51.18
- EDHREC rank
- #20479
Mijae Djinn is a 6/3 for four mana — exceptional rate on paper, crippled by the coin-flip clause that forces you to skip its attack entirely half the time. You run it only if you're building around coin-flip manipulation or chaos effects; everywhere else, it's a liability.
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 |
Mijae Djinn is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a coin-flip-gated creature when those formats offer consistent four-mana threats with no strings attached. Commander is its only real home, and even there it belongs in a narrow archetype: dedicated coin-flip decks helmed by Okaun, Eye of Chaos or Yusri, Fortune's Flame. Outside that shell, Mijae Djinn is too unreliable to justify a slot in a 99-card list that could run any number of dependable finishers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If you want a big red creature for four mana without the coin-flip baggage, Fanatic of Mogis and Thundermaw Hellkite offer reliable aggression in similar slots — neither matches the raw 6/3 stat line, but they attack every turn without asking permission. Mijae Djinn's real replacement in coin-flip decks is any effect that lets you control or repeat the flip, like Krark's Thumb, rather than a different creature entirely.
Price Context
Current price
$51.18 premium tier
At $51.18, Mijae Djinn sits firmly in premium territory driven almost entirely by Reserved List scarcity rather than competitive demand. The price reflects collector interest in an old, hard-to-reprint card, not power level — don't pay it unless you're completing a dedicated coin-flip build or a collection.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.