Rune-Brand Juggler
Creature — Human Shaman
When this creature enters, suspect up to one target creature you control. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.)
, Sacrifice a suspected creature: Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28311
Rune-Brand Juggler punishes opponents who draw extra cards by forcing them to discard down to hand size at your end step — a real threat in Commander where Rhystic Study and Sylvan Library are everywhere. The cost is a three-mana 3/2 with no immediate effect, so it only earns its slot when the table is reliably drawing multiple cards per turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rune-Brand Juggler is at its best — the format's staple draw engines mean opponents routinely hold six, seven, or eight cards, and the Juggler taxes that advantage every single turn. In 1v1 formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, hand sizes stay tighter and opponents can play around it more easily, so it rarely makes constructed lists. Standard is the same story: decks are too lean and removal too cheap for a 3/2 that asks you to wait a full turn before it does anything. Across competitive formats, Rune-Brand Juggler is a Commander-specific threat that loses almost all its teeth outside multiplayer.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Rune-Brand Juggler is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not a singles order. That price is stable because demand is narrow, but in the right Commander deck it punches well above its cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.