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Jeskai Charm

InstantBlue manaRed manaWhite mana

The first mode is the tell. Putting a creature on top of its owner's library is a clean one-for-one that answers anything with a power and toughness, indestructible threats and recursive nightmares included, because it costs the opponent their next draw and forces them to spend a full turn recasting what they already had in play. That single-turn theft of tempo is the spine of the card. The burn mode points four damage at a face or planeswalker but pointedly not at creatures, which narrows it: it is reach or a closing blow, not a catch-all answer to the board. The combat mode (the team pump with lifelink) turns a developed board into lethal while clawing back the life an aggressive deck in these colors spends to build that board. Read together, the three modes are not a grab-bag: they are the early game, the long game, and the kill, all priced at instant speed in the same three pips. The library-tuck buys a turn, the lifelink swing stabilizes, the four damage finishes. This is a card for the deck that already wants to attack and only needs the right tool at the right window, which is exactly the tempo-first temperament its three colors imply.

Jeskai Charm (2x2)
2X2 · #232uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.25
Foil: $0.26
Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose one — • Put target creature on top of its owner's library. • Jeskai Charm deals 4 damage to target opponent or planeswalker. • Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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