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Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Jadar wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Wizards.

  • Mana cost1 genericblack
  • Black ()
  • Power / toughness1 / 1
  • RarityRare

At the beginning of your end step, if you control no creatures with decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

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Cards That Fit Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Picked for what they do in Jadar's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Jadar's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

explain how Jadar works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.

4 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBPlayers write colors as letters: B for black.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageDecayedA creature with decayed cannot block, and if it attacks, you sacrifice it when the combat is over. Most are 2/2 Zombie tokens, good for one attack.Open the Decayed pageToken EngineMakes tokens again and again rather than once. A token is a creature or other permanent created by a card, with no card of its own. Something that makes one token gives you a body; something that makes them every turn gives you a board you can keep rebuilding after it is cleared. Grave Titan, Bitterblossom, OphiomancerOpen the Token Engine pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker page