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Jin-Gitaxias

{3}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

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Jin-Gitaxias shown
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 113–12900
Illustrator
Dominik Mayer
Found in
March of the Machine Collector Booster Pack · March of the Machine Collector Booster Sample Pack · 3 more
Printings4Combos19EDHREC rank#3,228
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Ward {2} Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card. {3}{U}: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand.
5/5
Ward
Plays as:
Card DrawSpell Payoff
Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+13.3%
$15.66
$12.00 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil+13.5%
$16.91
$15.24 low$0.24 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$12.94· across 4 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

6 · latest Apr 14, 2023
  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    A spell you cast this way can be the target of a later spell you cast this way. However, permanent spells cast this way won’t resolve until you’re done casting spells, so the permanents they become can’t be the target of spells cast this way. For example, if you exile Twincast and Lightning Strike, you can cast Lightning Strike and then cast Twincast targeting it; but if you exile a creature card and an Aura card, you can’t cast that Aura targeting that creature.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    All the spells you cast due to chapter III are cast during the resolution of that ability. You can cast them in any order, and timing restrictions based on the cards’ types are ignored. Once you’re done casting spells, before any of them resolve, The Great Synthesis will be exiled and return as Jin-Gitaxias.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    For chapter I of The Great Synthesis, the number of cards you draw is determined as the ability resolves. If you no longer control The Great Synthesis at that time, your maximum hand size remains unchanged.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast it.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    Once you’ve activated Jin-Gitaxias’s last ability, it doesn’t matter what happens to the number of cards in your hand. The ability will resolve even if you have six or fewer cards in your hand by that time.