Pouncing Jaguar
Creature — Cat
Echo 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic × Duel Masters Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28233
Pouncing Jaguar is a 2/2 with shroud for one green mana — the stat line and protection are real, but the cumulative upkeep means you're paying an extra green every turn to keep it alive. It's a fine early beater in formats that reward aggressive one-drops, but the long-game tax makes it a liability past the early turns.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pouncing Jaguar sees essentially zero Commander play — a 2/2 that taxes itself every upkeep doesn't scale into a 40-life multiplayer game where you need sustained impact. In Legacy and Vintage, it's a historical curiosity; green aggro has far better one-drops and never looked back. Pauper is where Pouncing Jaguar is most plausible, since the format's creature pool is shallow enough that a shrouded 2/2 for one mana has genuine early-game relevance — though the cumulative upkeep still punishes any game that goes long.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Pouncing Jaguar isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its narrow competitive history and low demand, it's almost certainly a bulk common or near-bulk rare regardless of printing.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.