Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
+1: Untap up to one target creature.
−2: Mill three cards, then you may return a creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2349
Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler gives every creature with a mana ability the ability to tap on the turn it enters — untap a Selvala, Heart of the Wilds the moment she resolves, or reset a Baba Lysaga, Night Witch after the first sacrifice trigger without waiting a full rotation. Three mana for a static effect this dense on creature-based engines is a bargain.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Baba Lysaga, Night Witch
Baba Lysaga, Night Witch runs sacrifice loops that depend on tapping creatures for mana, and Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler lets every freshly played mana dork or token enter the loop immediately rather than sitting idle for a turn.
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Tayam, Luminous Enigma fuels its ability by removing counters from creatures, and Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler's static means newly returned or cast creatures with mana abilities can contribute to that cost in the same turn they arrive.
Tyvar the Bellicose
Tyvar the Bellicose is the direct tribal mirror — both care about Elves, and Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler letting every new Elf tap immediately converts a board refill into an immediate mana spike.
The Master, Transcendent
The Master, Transcendent copies legendary creatures and cares about their activated abilities, so Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler removing summoning sickness from those freshly created copies means they pay for themselves the turn they're made.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain fetches legendary creatures to the battlefield, and Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler ensures any legendary mana producer Sisay tutors up is live for the next activation in the same turn sequence.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the primary home for Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler — creature-based mana engines are everywhere in the format, and the static effect scales linearly with how many dorks hit the board. In Modern and Pioneer, the effect is narrower: those formats move faster and dedicate fewer slots to tap-for-mana creatures, so Tyvar competes as a combo piece in specific shell rather than a generically powerful role-player. Legacy and Vintage have access to denser fast-mana infrastructure and rarely need a three-mana planeswalker to unlock summoning sickness, placing Tyvar firmly in fringe territory there. Oathbreaker is a legitimate secondary home — the tighter format rewards dense synergy, and a haste-granting static that costs zero at cast translates directly into faster loops.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Selvala, Heart of the WildsEmiel the BlessedTyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite blinking
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Tortured ExistenceInsidious RootsTyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Infinite ETB; Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite tapped creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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Garth One-EyeDisplacer KittenTyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Infinite colored mana; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite copies of a specific artifact; Infinite casts of all spells created by Garth One-Eye except Shivan Dragon
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Garth One-EyeDeadeye NavigatorTyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite blinking; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite casts of all spells permitted by Garth One-Eye; Infinite colored mana; Infinite copies of a specific artifact; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn; Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand
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Jaws of DefeatTree of PerditionTyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Target opponent loses the game; Infinite lifeloss for target opponent
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Current pricing data for Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given its consistent inclusion across Elf, sacrifice, and combo-adjacent Commander builds, it tends to hold modest value — budget buyers should still verify before assuming it's a cheap pick-up.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.