Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp
Legendary Creature — Djinn
You may pay 
and tap an untapped artifact you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #24680
Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp is a 5/6 flyer for four mana if you can tap an artifact — a legitimately efficient body that demands an answer. The catch is that alternate cost: without a tappable artifact in play, you're paying six, and a six-mana 5/6 with no enters-the-battlefield effect doesn't cut it in any powered environment.
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 |
Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp finds its best home in Commander, specifically in artifact-heavy decks where tapping a Treasure, Thopter, or mana rock to cast a 5/6 flyer on turn three or four is a real axis of pressure. In Modern and Pioneer the competition at four mana is brutal — Sphinxes, Titans, and creatures with actual text beyond a stat line outclass it immediately. Legacy and Vintage don't need a 5/6 that does nothing else. Commander is where artifact synergy runs deep enough that the alternate cost fires consistently, making Zahid a serviceable threat in the right shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp is deep bulk — buy a dozen copies without thinking about it. There's no financial upside here; it's a niche role-player in artifact Commander decks and nothing else is driving demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.