Jalira, Master Polymorphist

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

{2}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonlegendary creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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
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
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Crow_Umbra on Any Ideas in how to …

3 days ago

If you're planning on playing with proxies, technically that should give you the budget wiggle room to play multiple decks. I recently acquired some proxies for pricier cards that I own a single copy of but play in multiple decks, along with other cards I wanted to try out. I paid about $26 USD before shipping for those 108 printed proxies. If you're just printing stuff at home, then try out whatever new deck seems interesting.

If you're super set on mono blue being your one and only deck, I'm going to stand by my original suggestion of running something like Braids, Conjurer Adept or Jalira, Master Polymorphist, which will offer you some variety in your games. I agree with Bookrook that your departure from MtG or purchasing it, will be more enjoyable if you have multiple (budget/proxied) decks to choose from.

Gleeock on I'm semi-giving up magic

2 months ago

Although mono {U} is not my thing (I feel like it has a bit too much consistency baked in to be different enough every gameplay), there are a couple that I think could keep it fresh if you want a mono {U} keeper deck. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus seems like you can go several directions, maybe branching outside of mono {U} typical strategy a bit & +1/+1 counters, & some walkers thrown in can have you shifting strategies on a dime to keep your games fresh. Jalira, Master Polymorphist can be built powerful variance, getting to play polymorph & just big {U} fish would probably be a solid but different gameplay experience every time. I beat on that variance+game impact point because when you are limited on the amount of decks you bring to the table you want something that at least consistently does something but also isn't "samesy" every time.

legendofa on Card creation challenge

2 years ago

seshiro_of_the_orochi A BGx Insect Noble that makes small tokens? I like the idea! ; )

Bula, Novice Transmogrifier

{3}{U}{R}

Legendary Planeswalker - Bula

+1 Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and is a green Frog with base power and toughness 1/1. Draw a card.

-X Target creature gets +X/-X until end of turn.

-4 Exile target creature. That creature’s controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. That player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles the rest into their library.

5

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Bula probably studied under Jalira, Master Polymorphist, then went off and did her own thing.

Create a Planeswalker that gives you an emblem.

carpecanum on My First Deck

3 years ago

Ask your friends about specific cards but here are some general ideas.

If you have a "sac outlet" you can kill the opponents cards after you attack with them. This way they never get those creatures back. Helm of Possession is fun. Jalira, Master Polymorphist lets you get one of your own creatures out. There are a LOT of cards that allow you to kill your own creatures.

If you have cards that return a creature from play to its owners hand then you can choose that card for combat and your opponent has to recast the creature. You also remove a blocker. Boomerang is an old one but there are dozens.

I agree with Focus_Jim about the mana artifacts. You could even trade a couple lands for more mana items. Don't go below 35 lands though.

FalconForce on Staring Contest: A List of Blink-Effect Cards

3 years ago

Nightmare Shepherd is one of the best as it adds a lot of functionality with no upfront cost and allows you to exploit sacrifice mechanics like evoke. Creating token clones with etb/ltb can easily become overpowered, especially when combined with populate. In fact I built a great ETB Roon EDH deck around it using cards like Yosei, the Morning Star, Protean Hulk and Wayfaring Temples that clone themselves. Token clone generation is amazing because it's essentially ETB blinking as a side effect. You have some cards that do it already listed under abuse but I think the mechanic is good enough and has enough viable cards that it might be worth making a new category for it.

Token clone makers

Stolen Identity Blade of Selves Mirror Mockery Zndrsplt's Judgment Repudiate / Replicate Hour of Eternity Supplant Form Dance of Many Minion Reflector Bramble Sovereign Progenitor Mimic Anointed Procession Quasiduplicate Rhys the Redeemed Back from the Brink Dual Nature Mimic Vat Rite of Replication Song of the Worldsoul Helm of the Host Doubling Season Parallel Lives Battle for Bretagard Mechanized Production Orvar, the All-Form Prototype Portal Saheeli, the Gifted Saheeli's Artistry Seance Second Harvest Soul Foundry Spitting Image Splinter Twin Replication Technique Saheeli Rai Mirror March Mirrorworks Molten Echoes Mythos of Illuna Sublime Epiphany Flamerush Rider Felhide Spiritbinder Littjara Mirrorlake God-Pharaoh's Gift Hofri Ghostforge Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Followed Footsteps Nightmare Shepherd Osgir, the Reconstructor Echo Storm Cackling Counterpart Esika's Chariot Feldon of the Third Path Flameshadow Conjuring Trickster's Talisman & of course anything with populate.

Also some other blink type cards:

Blink-Yorion, Sky Nomad Conditional bounce- Cunning Evasion ETB clone- Wall of Stolen Identity Graveyard blink- Cauldron of Souls, Twilight Shepherd, Adarkar Valkyrie ETB Abuse- Jalira, Master Polymorphist, Proteus Staff, Master Transmuter. Listing the ones that specifically clone or blink artifacts in their own group might be helpful too.

king-saproling on Yasova Dragonclaw (Join Us)

3 years ago

Looks fun. You might like these: Jalira, Master Polymorphist , Perilous Forays , Humble Defector , Dominus of Fealty , Polymorph , Nephalia Smuggler , Feed the Pack , Teferi's Veil , Birthing Pod , Goblin Bombardment , Blood Aspirant , Dark-Dweller Oracle , Life's Legacy , Momentous Fall , Ooze Garden , Blade of the Bloodchief

Also just a heads up, Yasova's ability is a triggered ability and not an activated ability, so it won't be reduced by things like Training Grounds and Biomancer's Familiar

kpres on "You Made Dis?....I Made Dis!" Yasova Theft EDH

4 years ago

I feel like this deck wants to be fairly aggro, but you've built it to have quite a bit of control.

Shadowspear or Arcane Lighthouse would help you to target things that would be otherwise untargetable.

Arena and other fight effects could help you ditch your stolen creature similar to the Fling mechanics you currently have. I feel like you'll run out steam really quickly with all of these one-off effects. Maybe use Jalira, Master Polymorphist for a repeatable way to transform random stuff you steal from opponents into useful permanent stuff you need. I would also recommend Prime Speaker Vannifar or any other card with this effect like Birthing Pod. Throw in some really good, efficient green creatures too.

You should be getting enough card advantage by stealing opponents' stuff and transforming it into flings and polymorphs, but the deck needs to win. You're relying on the opponents having good creatures to steal, but you need to have good creatures too.

Yasova is a really cool commander, not one I see often. I like where you are going with this. Good luck!

king-saproling on Snatch and fling!

4 years ago

You might like these: Catch / Release, Domineering Will, Dominus of Fealty, Captivating Crew, Yasova Dragonclaw, Prime Speaker Vannifar, Jalira, Master Polymorphist, Serra Avatar (good fling material!), Deadeye Navigator (works like Conjurers Closet), Cloudshift