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Jodah, Archmage Eternal
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · 1URW
Color identity: Black · Green · Red · Blue · White
Jodah, Archmage Eternal is black, green, red, blue and white: its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
You may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast.
Reference price of the card: €0.28
Average lands in decks for Jodah, Archmage Eternal: 36
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Build your Jodah, Archmage Eternal deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Jodah, Archmage Eternal 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Jodah, Archmage Eternal deck starts over 4,000 games
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+ (60/100)
- Consistency95
- Speed60
- Interaction54
- Resilience83
- Closing32
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 2 Plains, 2 Island, 2 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 3 Forest)
Arcane Signet · Chromatic Lantern · Sol Ring · Farseek · Omniscience · Fist of Suns · Ruinous Ultimatum · Cultivate · Faeburrow Elder · Apex Devastator · Birds of Paradise · Fellwar Stone · Conflux · Genesis Ultimatum · Maelstrom Wanderer · Swords to Plowshares · Timeless Lotus · Bloom Tender · Chromatic Orrery · Zacama, Primal Calamity · Jegantha, the Wellspring · One with the Multiverse · In Garruk's Wake · Kodama's Reach · Progenitus · Leyline of Mutation · Lightning Greaves · Rampant Growth · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Emergent Ultimatum · Nature's Lore · Maelstrom Archangel · Counterspell · Sunbird's Invocation · Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty · Leyline Immersion · Path to Exile · Eerie Ultimatum · Leyline of the Guildpact · Avacyn, Angel of Hope · Three Visits · Swiftfoot Boots · Primeval Spawn · Reshape the Earth · Smothering Tithe · Kozilek, Butcher of Truth · Maelstrom Nexus · Rhystic Study · Time Stretch · Bringer of the Black Dawn · Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur · Atraxa, Grand Unifier · Commander's Sphere · Demonic Tutor · Ramos, Dragon Engine · Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger · Aminatou's Augury · Etali, Primal Storm · Nyxbloom Ancient · Cyclonic Rift · Heroic Intervention · Teferi's Protection · Artisan of Kozilek · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Breeding Pool · The World Tree · Stomping Ground · Overgrown Tomb · Temple Garden · Cascading Cataracts · Hallowed Fountain · Steam Vents · Watery Grave · Godless Shrine · Misty Rainforest · Sacred Foundry · Ketria Triome · Path of Ancestry · Reliquary Tower · Windswept Heath · Blood Crypt · Flooded Strand · Verdant Catacombs · Wooded Foothills · Arid Mesa · Mana Confluence · Zagoth Triome · City of Brass
🃏 Recommended cards for Jodah, Archmage Eternal
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Jodah, Archmage Eternal, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Omniscience | 57% | +54% |
| Fist of Suns | 55% | +50% |
| Ruinous Ultimatum | 50% | +43% |
| Apex Devastator | 42% | +41% |
| Conflux | 41% | +39% |
| Genesis Ultimatum | 41% | +39% |
| Zacama, Primal Calamity | 39% | +37% |
| One with the Multiverse | 38% | +37% |
| In Garruk's Wake | 36% | +35% |
| Maelstrom Wanderer | 41% | +34% |
| Progenitus | 36% | +33% |
| Emergent Ultimatum | 34% | +33% |
| Jegantha, the Wellspring | 38% | +32% |
| Sunbird's Invocation | 32% | +31% |
| Leyline of Mutation | 35% | +31% |
| Chromatic Orrery | 39% | +31% |
| Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty | 31% | +30% |
| Maelstrom Archangel | 33% | +30% |
| Leyline Immersion | 30% | +29% |
| Timeless Lotus | 40% | +29% |
| Avacyn, Angel of Hope | 28% | +26% |
| Faeburrow Elder | 45% | +25% |
| Time Stretch | 24% | +24% |
| Primeval Spawn | 25% | +23% |
💰 The best cards for your Jodah, Archmage Eternal 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.
- Ruinous Ultimatum
- Conflux
- Genesis Ultimatum
- Zacama, Primal Calamity
- In Garruk's Wake
- Maelstrom Wanderer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Omniscience
- Fist of Suns
- Apex Devastator
- One with the Multiverse
- Timeless Lotus
- Time Stretch
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Chromatic Orrery
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope
- Reshape the Earth
- Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
- Bloom Tender
- Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Jodah, Archmage Eternal
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
- Tainted Pact + Thassa's Oracle → Win the game
- 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
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Jodah, Archmage Eternal's color identity?
Jodah, Archmage Eternal is black, green, red, blue and white: 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 Jodah, Archmage Eternal come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Jodah, Archmage Eternal deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.9 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 98 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 18 % of the time and floods 10 %. Deck health: C+ (60/100).
How many lands should a Jodah, Archmage Eternal deck run?
Real Jodah, Archmage Eternal decks run 36 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 Jodah, Archmage Eternal?
The three highest-synergy cards are Omniscience, Fist of Suns, Ruinous Ultimatum. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Jodah, Archmage Eternal decks.
What combos does Jodah, Archmage Eternal have?
Jodah, Archmage Eternal has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. 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 Jodah, Archmage Eternal deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ruinous Ultimatum, Conflux, Genesis Ultimatum 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.