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Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · UR
Color identity: Red · Blue · Izzet
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator is Izzet (red and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Put two ingenuity counters on Jhoira, then you may put an artifact card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield, where X is the number of ingenuity counters on Jhoira.
Reference price of the card: €0.15
Average lands in decks for Jhoira, Ageless Innovator: 33
ArtifactsComboStaxTap / UntapMidrangeHistoricAffinityBig Mana
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (63/100)
- Consistency68
- Speed44
- Interaction86
- Resilience84
- Closing48
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 33 lands (23 nonbasic, 8 Island, 2 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Master Transmuter · Corridor Monitor · Padeem, Consul of Innovation · Phyrexian Metamorph · One with the Machine · Sculpting Steel · Swiftfoot Boots · Thousand-Year Elixir · Fabricate · Thought Monitor · Counterspell · Solemn Simulacrum · Emry, Lurker of the Loch · Enthusiastic Mechanaut · Sting, the Glinting Dagger · Etherium Sculptor · Combustible Gearhulk · Izzet Signet · Kappa Cannoneer · Patriar's Seal · Unwinding Clock · Sewer-veillance Cam · Talisman of Creativity · Dramatic Reversal · Thoughtcast · Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain · Thran Dynamo · Lightning Greaves · Meteor Golem · Scour for Scrap · Magewright's Stone · Mirrorworks · Foundry Inspector · Mystic Forge · Portal to Phyrexia · The Ten Rings · Vizier of Tumbling Sands · Chimil, the Inner Sun · Steel Hellkite · God-Pharaoh's Statue · Spellskite · Triplicate Titan · Wurmcoil Engine · Ioreth of the Healing House · Myr Battlesphere · Thopter Spy Network · Blasphemous Act · Negate · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Blightsteel Colossus · Cyberdrive Awakener · Darksteel Forge · Mind Stone · Rhystic Study · Scrap Trawler · Chaos Warp · Metalwork Colossus · The One Ring · Fierce Guardianship · Deflecting Swat · Rings of Brighthearth · Shore Up · Simulacrum Synthesizer · Thought Vessel · Command Tower · Seat of the Synod · Great Furnace · Shivan Reef · Silverbluff Bridge · Steam Vents · Sulfur Falls · Darksteel Citadel · Inventors' Fair · Training Center · Buried Ruin · Scalding Tarn · Minamo, School at Water's Edge · Academy Ruins · Cascade Bluffs · Stormcarved Coast · Reliquary Tower · Izzet Boilerworks · Fiery Islet · Frostboil Snarl · Otawara, Soaring City · Temple of Epiphany · Volcanic Island
🃏 Recommended cards for Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Jhoira, Ageless Innovator, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Seat of the Synod | 73% | +62% |
| Great Furnace | 65% | +55% |
| Master Transmuter | 55% | +54% |
| Corridor Monitor | 54% | +53% |
| Padeem, Consul of Innovation | 51% | +47% |
| Thousand-Year Elixir | 48% | +47% |
| One with the Machine | 48% | +46% |
| Sculpting Steel | 48% | +44% |
| Silverbluff Bridge | 54% | +44% |
| Phyrexian Metamorph | 50% | +44% |
| Darksteel Citadel | 50% | +44% |
| Thought Monitor | 47% | +43% |
| Sting, the Glinting Dagger | 44% | +43% |
| Patriar's Seal | 42% | +41% |
| Sewer-veillance Cam | 41% | +40% |
| Combustible Gearhulk | 42% | +40% |
| Emry, Lurker of the Loch | 45% | +40% |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 42% | +39% |
| Fabricate | 47% | +39% |
| Enthusiastic Mechanaut | 45% | +38% |
| Unwinding Clock | 42% | +38% |
| Inventors' Fair | 43% | +37% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 46% | +36% |
| Etherium Sculptor | 43% | +36% |
💰 The best cards for your Jhoira, Ageless Innovator deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Seat of the Synod
- Master Transmuter
- Corridor Monitor
- Padeem, Consul of Innovation
- One with the Machine
- Sculpting Steel
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Great Furnace
- Phyrexian Metamorph
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger
- Patriar's Seal
- Fabricate
- Magewright's Stone
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Unwinding Clock
- Inventors' Fair
- Portal to Phyrexia
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- The Ten Rings
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Etherium Sculptor → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Etherium Sculptor + The Reality Chip → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Jhoira's Familiar → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Jhoira, Ageless Innovator's color identity?
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator is Izzet (red and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Jhoira, Ageless Innovator come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Jhoira, Ageless Innovator deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 33 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.4 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 33 % of the time and floods 10 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a Jhoira, Ageless Innovator deck run?
Real Jhoira, Ageless Innovator decks run 33 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Jhoira, Ageless Innovator?
The three highest-synergy cards are Seat of the Synod, Great Furnace, Master Transmuter. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Jhoira, Ageless Innovator decks.
What combos does Jhoira, Ageless Innovator have?
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Jhoira, Ageless Innovator deck cost?
You can start cheap: Seat of the Synod, Master Transmuter, Corridor Monitor are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.