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Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Legendary Creature — Vampire Wizard · {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

Flying When Jeleva enters, each player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast Jeleva. Whenever Jeleva attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among cards exiled with Jeleva without paying its mana cost.

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What Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · etbWhen Jeleva enters, each player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast Jeleva.
• Triggered ability · attackWhenever Jeleva attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among cards exiled with Jeleva without paying its mana cost.
• Keyword · flyingflying

What a Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 32× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 12× Exiles from your own library and lets you play it — the card flow of an exile-matters commander
• 10× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 22× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

Best cards for Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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