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Jeskai Revelation

Instant4 generic manaBlue manaRed manaWhite mana

Seven mana buys five separate effects here, and the design logic is the wedge itself: this is what Jeskai wants to do written as one spell. Bounce and burn are the tempo half (the Blue mana and Red mana answering a threat and clearing a blocker or finishing a life total), the two Monks and two cards are the develop-and-refuel half, and the four life is the buffer that lets a control-leaning deck take the fight to instant speed without collapsing. Nothing here is efficient in isolation; a four-damage burn spell for seven is laughable, and drawing two cards for seven is worse. The point is that you never pay seven for any one of them. You pay seven for a turn that removes a threat, kills a creature or dome the opponent, builds a two-body board that scales with your next noncreature spells, and leaves you up two cards and four life, all at the end step if you like. It is a haymaker built to be cast in response rather than proactively, which is the unusual part: most spells this expensive want to resolve on your own turn into an empty stack. This one thrives on being held, because every effect gains value from waiting until it knows what to bounce, what to burn, and what to block. The prowess on the Monks is the small tell that the whole card is designed to keep casting after it resolves.

Jeskai Revelation (tdm)
TDM · #361mythic
Pricing
Normal: $4.30
Foil: $5.96
Oracle Text

Rules text

Return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand. Jeskai Revelation deals 4 damage to any target. Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess. Draw two cards. You gain 4 life.
Legalities

Format Status

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

Other printings

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