Jhoira wants a deck that is full of legendary creatures and other legendary cards. It also works in a deck built around Humans, Library Manipulation or Pirates.
Mana cost
Black ()
Power / toughness4 / 5
RarityRare
Whenever Jhoira enters or attacks, target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a historic permanent card. You put that card onto the battlefield under your control and lose life equal to that permanent's mana value. That player puts the rest of the revealed cards on the bottom of their library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Picked for what they do in Jhoira's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Jhoira'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.Open the full glossary
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.Legends MatterLegends decks fill up on legendary cards and use cards that reward you each time you cast one. A legendary card has the word Legendary on its type line; you can only keep one with the same name in play, and nearly every commander is legendary.Open the Legends Matter pageHistoric PayoffRewards you for historic cards: the legendary cards, artifacts, and Sagas that Magic groups under that one word. In Commander your commander is always legendary, so these start with something to count. Jhoira, Weatherlight CaptainOpen the Historic Payoff pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation pageAttack TriggerTriggers when a creature attacks, so the reward comes from declaring the attack. You get it even if the creature is blocked. Sword of the Animist, Adeline, Resplendent CatharOpen the Attack Trigger page
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