Zanam Djinn
Creature — Djinn
Flying
This creature gets -2/-2 as long as blue is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30619
Zanam Djinn is a 3/4 flyer for five mana that shrinks every time you have fewer than three cards in hand — a punishing condition that makes it functionally unplayable in most contexts. A five-mana 3/4 needs to do something powerful without caveats, and "get smaller when you're hellbent" is the opposite of powerful.
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 |
Zanam Djinn is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a five-mana 3/4 flyer is already below rate — the format is full of cheaper, unconditional threats — and the hand-size penalty actively fights against the draw-heavy strategies that keep blue decks functional. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla-adjacent creature at this cost. Zanam Djinn has no competitive home in any format where it's legal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Zanam Djinn is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what the market thinks of it. There's no trajectory here worth considering; it sits at the bottom of the bin and stays there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.