Tel-Jilad Chosen
Creature — Elf Warrior
Protection from artifacts
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #28634
Tel-Jilad Chosen is a 2/3 with protection from artifacts for two mana — a body that blanket-ignores Skullclamp, Batterskull, Cranial Plating, and every other artifact-based removal or combat trick your opponents can throw at it. Narrow protection rarely justifies a deck slot, but in artifact-heavy metas this trades above its cost consistently.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tel-Jilad Chosen earns consideration in green creature strategies that expect to hit artifact-heavy pods — protection from artifacts means it dodges Skullclamp targeting, artifact-based board wipes like Nevinyrral's Disk, and common equipment-based attackers. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them — protection from artifacts is too parasitic a keyword to build around in those formats, and a 2/3 for two without evasion doesn't clear the power bar. Pauper is the only non-Commander format where Tel-Jilad Chosen could theoretically show up as sideboard tech against artifact-centric decks, though even there better options exist.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Tel-Jilad Chosen is deep bulk — you're buying it for pennies and it will stay there. The price is fine for what it is; don't expect any upward movement on a narrow protection creature with no scarcity.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.