Will of the Jeskai
Sorcery
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Each player may discard their hand and draw five cards.
• Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Price
- $2.87
- EDHREC rank
- #2558
Will of the Jeskai draws you three cards and then untaps three lands — that's a Concentrate stapled to a partial ritual, all for five mana. Ral, Monsoon Mage flips it for free on the third spell of a turn, which is exactly where this card stops being fair.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Ral, Monsoon Mage appears in 67% of Ral decks precisely because Will of the Jeskai is a free spell off his flip trigger — draw three, untap three lands, and keep chaining instants through the rest of the turn.
Shiko and Narset, Unified
Shiko and Narset, Unified care about casting noncreature spells repeatedly, and Will of the Jeskai refuels hand and mana in one shot, letting the pair fire off another round of triggers without missing a beat.
Elsha, Threefold Master
Elsha, Threefold Master can cast Will of the Jeskai off the top when it shows up there, and the three-card refuel plus land untap feeds right back into her cascade of zero- and one-mana spells.
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn rewards stacking the top of the library, and Will of the Jeskai's draw-three clears through chaff efficiently while the land untap keeps his scheming on curve.
Riku of Many Paths
Riku of Many Paths copies instants and sorceries, and a copied Will of the Jeskai means six cards drawn and six lands untapped — a burst of resources that ends most mid-game stalls immediately.
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 where Will of the Jeskai earns its slot: spell-slinger commanders treat it as both a refuel and a pseudo-ritual, and in a format where the game goes long, drawing three at instant speed is rarely dead. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but has no competitive footprint — Ancestral Recall and faster cantrip packages make a five-mana sorcery irrelevant at those tables. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth noting, where planeswalker synergies can mirror the Ral, Monsoon Mage dynamic and Will of the Jeskai punches above its weight again.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.87 cheap tier
At $2.87, Will of the Jeskai sits comfortably in the cheap tier — a low buy-in for a card slotting into any blue-red spell-slinger shell. Demand is tied closely to Ral, Monsoon Mage's continued popularity, so the price is stable as long as that commander stays relevant.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ral, Monsoon Mage
- Shiko and Narset, Unified
- Elsha, Threefold Master
- Norman Osborn
- Riku of Many Paths
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.