Jaya Ballard
Legendary Planeswalker — Jaya
Jaya Ballard
Legendary Planeswalker — Jaya
Card Text
+1: Add . Spend this mana only to cast instant or sorcery spells.
+1: Discard up to three cards, then draw that many cards.
−8: You get an emblem with "You may cast instant and sorcery spells from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead."
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- Red
- Color Identity
- Red
- Loyalty
- 5
- EDHREC Rank
- #8,478
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (24)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #1062 | mythic | en | Fajareka Setiawan | $3.99 | $3.84 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | en | Magali Villeneuve | $0.49 | — |
| Mythic Edition (MED) | #RA4 | mythic | en | Kieran Yanner | — | $5.37 |
| Dominaria Promos (PDOM) | #132s | mythic | en | Magali Villeneuve | — | $0.69 |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | en | Magali Villeneuve | $0.65 | $1.41 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | de | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | de | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | es | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | es | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | fr | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | fr | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | it | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | it | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | ja | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | ja | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | ko | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | pt | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | pt | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | ru | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | ru | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | zhs | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | zhs | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #175 | mythic | zht | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
| Dominaria (DOM) | #132 | mythic | zht | Magali Villeneuve | — | — |
Official Rulings (4)
Because it’s a loyalty ability, Jaya’s first ability isn’t a mana ability. It can be activated only any time you could cast a sorcery. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
Jaya’s emblem doesn’t grant you permission to do anything with instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard except cast them. For example, you can’t cycle instant or sorcery cards with cycling from your graveyard.
Mana produced by Jaya’s first ability can be spent among any number of instant and/or sorcery spells.
You choose how many cards to discard while Jaya’s second ability is resolving. You can choose to discard zero cards this way (and then draw zero cards) if you wish.
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