Jeskai Barricade

Creature — Wall

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Defender

When Jeskai Barricade enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (43)

amarthaler on EDH Arcades, the Strategist

9 months ago

Update!

Out: Eerie Interlude

In: Jeskai Barricade

dominionloser123 on Zacama, Naya Tyrant

1 year ago

Restricting your ramp to creatures is supremely awkward for Zacama, who specifically wants you to ramp with lands. Howeer, if that's your deckbuilding criteria, you have to work around that. With that said, I might consider Creeping Renaissance as one of your few noncreatures, though, if your body count is so high.

Horned Kavu, Fleetfoot Panther, Jeskai Barricade, and Loyal Gryff are some additional bouncing bodies.

Since you're ramping towards 9 mana, I might also suggest leaning into dorks who tap for more mana. Joraga Treespeaker is high on this list, because it is either a 3-mana dork that taps for 2, or a Sol Ring that comes in tapped with a stun counter.

I don't typically like them, but Boros Garrison, Selesnya Sanctuary, and Gruul Turf do give you extra land drops to play, helping you to eventually hit 9 mana.

Anatak on Defender Lifegain... Lets get political

1 year ago

Hello, thank you for listing this very interesting deck. I've been thinking about a similar idea, combining Defenders and Lifegain.

I really like the Angelic theme with Angelic Accord, Luminarch Ascension and Angelic Wall. Very flavourful! I see Seraph Sanctuary in your Maybeboard and think it would only add to this strong flavour.

The Pride Guardian and Wall of Essence haven't turned out to be strong cards in my experience, because they rely on your opponent attacking you to proc the lifegain. Although I suppose that does work very well with Luminarch Ascension, since it discourages your foes to attack you.
Perimeter Captain is a strong enough card on its own and is exempt from this, and may even encourage you to run other good defenders which don't gain life, such as: Wall of Omens and Jeskai Barricade, the later of which by the way is a much needed combat trick, which the deck is currently light on.

A card you may wish to consider is Archangel of Thune, although its expensive! Another is Dawn of Hope.

In any case I wish you luck with the deck and thank you for inspiring some changes in my own build.

amarthaler on Arcades, Defender Commander

1 year ago

Solid decklist! I think I'll consider Jeskai Barricade as some more added protection for Arcades or High Alert.

dnthymamai on Choosing to blink an incoming …

1 year ago

I really tunnel visioned on my plan and didn't give much attention to both "may return" and the non-targeting of the Chwinga.

So, if I cast Jeskai Barricade first, I have to choose at that moment (preferably the newborn 4/4, but again, may return) and then cast the Chwinga to return Jeskai Barricade to hand. (exposing one of my two flashy permanents to removal, If I don't have any mana left)

But, if I want to make it more like a loop, and return both of them to my hand (Oketra and two 4/4's remaining on the battlefield) I can cast Rescuer Chwinga first, since I don't have to target anything right then, and the end result is both creatures return to my hand so I can do it again on a later turn!

Thank you both very much!!

Neotrup on Choosing to blink an incoming …

1 year ago

Another note, the method described by Rhadamanthus results in having one or both of the creatures in play once you stop casting them and let the stack resolve, depending on what you want to leave in play. If you cast Rescuer Chwinga first instead of Jeskai Barricade you can return both to your hand if you want, as Rescuer Chwinga's ability doesn't target so when it finally resolves you can return whichever creature from the battlefield to your hand. This can even be Rescuer Chwinga as long as it's been bounced and recast since initially triggering as it will be a new object and satisfy the "another permanent" requirement.

Rhadamanthus on Choosing to blink an incoming …

1 year ago

You can get what you want, but not in the exact way you describe. When an ability triggers, you have to choose a target for it at that time. This happens before anyone can get priority to take another action. Here's what you can do if we start with your original plan with only minimal changes:

1. Cast Jeskai Barricade. God-Eternal Oketra triggers. You let that trigger resolve and get a 4/4 creature token
2. Jeskai Barricade resolves and enters the battlefield. Its ability triggers and you will have to choose either Oketra or the token as the target. Hold priority
3. Cast Rescuer Chwinga. Oketra triggers again and you get another 4/4
4. Rescuer Chwinga resolves and enters the battlefield. Its ability triggers and you choose the Barricade as the target
5. The Chwinga's triggered ability resolves and returns the Barricade to your hand. Hold priority again
6. Cast the Barricade and keep this rolling.

When you're finished with your repetitions and the original Barricade trigger finally resolves, you don't even have to return what you originally targeted since the effect says you "may" do it. In fact, you don't have to do any priority hold tricks because you can just choose to let that first Barrier trigger resolve without returning anything. You can also lead with the Chwinga instead and target a land or something (it says "another permanent", not just creatures).

dnthymamai on Choosing to blink an incoming …

1 year ago

Hi guys. I didn't know to phrase it exactly in the title, but my question is this: Say I have God-Eternal Oketra as a Commander and I want to make a bunch of 4/4's. I don't have anything else in play yet, only Oketra. In my hand, there exist two creatures that blink other creatures, and both have flash.

Jeskai Barricade and Rescuer Chwinga (not the all-star Whitemane Lion).

Can I :

1) Cast Jeskai Barricade and choose nothing (yet) for the target of the triggered ability, because I will maintain priority, and "we are not there yet, I have more to do".

2) Maintaining priority, cast Rescuer Chwinga and let it enter the battlefield.

3) Now, two triggered abilities exist of the stack, that want to blink another creature.

4) Choose the two protagonists, one with the ability of the other.

5) Profit?? :-D

Can it be done, or must I quickly choose a target for the first triggered ability when I resolve the first creature?

Thank you!!