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Jodah, Archmage Eternal

Jodah, Archmage Eternal

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Jodah, Archmage Eternal wants a deck that casts extra spells for free off the top of its deck. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Wizards.

  • Mana cost1 genericblueredwhite
  • All five colors ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 3
  • RarityRare

Flying

You may pay whiteblueblackredgreen rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast.

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Cards That Fit Jodah, Archmage Eternal

Picked for what they do in Jodah's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Jodah'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 Jodah, Archmage Eternal

explain how Jodah 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 27 Apr 2018

If you apply Jodah's alternative cost to a spell with {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Apr 2018

If you cast a spell for which mana may be spent as though it were mana of any color, you may cast it for Jodah's alternative cost and still spend mana as though it were mana of any color.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Apr 2018

Jodah's ability is an alternative cost to cast a spell. You can't combine this with other alternative costs, such as flashback. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker, in addition to this alternative cost.

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

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Jodah, 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 glossaryWUBRGPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, U for blue, B for black, R for red, G for green. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Cascade/Free CastCascade decks cast extra spells for free, straight from the top of their deck, every time they cast the right card. Cascade turns over cards from the top of your library until it hits a cheaper spell, which you may cast without paying for it.Open the Cascade/Free Cast pageAlternative CostLets you cast a spell by paying some other cost instead of its mana cost, like life, a card from your hand, or nothing at all.Open the Alternative Cost pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion page