Pol Jamaar, Illusionist
Legendary Creature — Human Illusion Wizard
Flying
When Pol Jamaar enters, choose a creature type. Draw a card for each creature you control of that type.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.85
- EDHREC rank
- #14176
Pol Jamaar, Illusionist doubles the Illusion tokens your spells and permanents produce, turning every single trigger into two bodies on the board. The cost of running him is low — he's a two-mana 1/3 with no hoops — but his value is entirely conditional on building around Illusion tribal or a commander like Cynette, Jelly Drover that generates Illusions consistently.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cynette, Jelly Drover
Cynette, Jelly Drover is the premier home for Pol Jamaar, Illusionist because Cynette produces a Jelly — a 2/2 Illusion — every time you cast a non-Illusion spell, and Pol doubles that output immediately, turning every cantrip or removal spell into two free bodies instead of one.
Minn, Wily Illusionist
Minn, Wily Illusionist rewards casting Illusion-tribal creatures by generating additional Illusions whenever one she controls dies, and Pol Jamaar, Illusionist turns each of those death triggers into a doubled wave of tokens that accelerates Minn's library-rummaging payoffs.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Pol Jamaar, Illusionist is a real card — Illusion tribal is an EDH archetype, not a competitive constructed strategy, and the 100-card singleton environment gives you the density of token-producing Illusion synergies he needs to matter. In Legacy and Vintage, he's technically legal but functionally irrelevant: those formats have no interest in a three-turn setup for 1/1 token doubling at two mana. Oathbreaker is the one outlier worth noting — if you can pair him with a planeswalker that generates Illusions, the doubling effect arrives fast enough in 60-card games to be meaningful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.85 bulk tier
At $0.85, Pol Jamaar, Illusionist sits firmly in bulk rare territory, and that price is appropriate — demand is narrow, capped almost entirely to Cynette and Minn Commander builds. It's not a card that will climb unless Illusion tribal gets a significant new payoff printed, so grab one if you need it and don't overthink it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.