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Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur wants a deck that helps every player at the table, itself included. It also works in a deck built around Phyrexians or Praetors.

  • Mana cost8 genericblueblue
  • Blue ()
  • Power / toughness5 / 4
  • RarityMythic

Flash

At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards.

Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.

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Cards That Fit Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Picked for what they do in Jin-Gitaxias's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Jin-Gitaxias'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 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

explain how Jin-Gitaxias 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 17 Nov 2017

If a player has more cards in their hand than their maximum hand size during the cleanup step of that player's turn, that player discards until they have that many cards. A player's maximum hand size isn't checked at any time other than their own cleanup step.

Wizards of the Coast 17 Nov 2017

Jin-Gitaxias doesn't affect the maximum hand size of its controller. Because the cleanup step is after the end step, its controller may have to discard some of the cards that were just drawn.

Wizards of the Coast 17 Nov 2017

Unless another spell or ability is affecting your opponent's maximum hand size, Jin-Gitaxias's ability will result in your opponent having a maximum hand size of zero. They will discard each card from their hand during their cleanup step.

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

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Jin-Gitaxias, and what they share.

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 glossaryUPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Group HugGroup Hug decks give every player extra cards, mana or life, making friends at the table while they quietly work toward their own win. The trick is to be the player best placed to use all that extra.Open the Group Hug pageHand Size ModifierChanges the maximum hand size, usually removing your own limit so you can keep everything you draw, sometimes lowering an opponent's. Without one, you discard down to seven during your end step. Reliquary Tower, Thought VesselOpen the Hand Size Modifier pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw page