Zoyowa's Justice
Instant
The owner of target artifact or creature with mana value 1 or greater shuffles it into their library. Then that player discovers X, where X is its mana value. (They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. They cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into their hand. They put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #5136
Zoyowa's Justice wipes a player's entire board of tokens for two mana — that's an asymmetric sweeper at instant speed for the price of a Shock. In any red deck facing token strategies, this is the most efficient answer available at that cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Magda, Brazen Outlaw builds toward a Dwarf-and-Treasure engine that can stall out against go-wide token swarms, and Zoyowa's Justice at two mana fits cleanly into the curve while keeping Treasure mana free for the real payoffs.
Laelia, the Blade Reforged
Laelia, the Blade Reforged wants to keep attacking and exiling, and Zoyowa's Justice clears token blockers at instant speed without consuming the card-draw slots Laelia depends on to sustain momentum.
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue rewards having the right tool for the moment, and Zoyowa's Justice is the on-theme, on-color answer to token floods that the commander's aggressive gameplan otherwise struggles to handle cleanly.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Zoyowa's Justice fills a narrow but real role: two mana to erase a token player's entire board is the kind of efficient, targeted interaction that doesn't break multiplayer politics the way a full wrath does. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too conditional — most token strategies fold to cheaper or broader removal — but it's a reasonable sideboard option against dedicated token go-wide decks when you need redundancy. Legacy and Vintage have far more powerful tools in the same slot, so it won't see play there outside budget lists. Standard is the one format where its price of entry genuinely competes with what's available, making it a real consideration if token aggro is a major part of the metagame.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Zoyowa's Justice is deep bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. It holds that price floor as long as token strategies remain relevant in Commander, but don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.