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Jodah, Archmage Eternal
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {1}{U}{R}{W} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander
Flying
You may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast.
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What Jodah, Archmage Eternal actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- AbilityYou may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast.
What a Jodah, Archmage Eternal deck needs
Plays as big spells. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- expensive spells (any spell costs WUBRG)
- five-colour fixing
The Jodah, Archmage Eternal deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 10× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 2× Answer a whole board at once
- 8× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 16× Expensive on paper, cheap to actually cast — the flip payoff for a mana-value damage trigger
Best cards for Jodah, Archmage Eternal
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.
A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Cleric Class1 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Enduring Vitality3 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Mirror Entity3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Supreme Verdict4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Azorius Signet2 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Dimir Signet2 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Orzhov Signet2 mana
- Rakdos Signet2 mana
- Golgari Signet2 mana
Expensive on paper, cheap to actually cast — the flip payoff for a mana-value damage trigger
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- The Great Henge9 mana
- City on Fire8 mana
- Dig Through Time8 mana
- Excalibur, Sword of Eden12 mana
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger12 mana
- Treasure Cruise8 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
Combos with Jodah, Archmage Eternal
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Jodah, Archmage Eternal is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, The Boundless + Sliver Overlord + Mana Echoes83 decks
- Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, The Boundless + Venser, Shaper Savant37 decks
- Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, The Boundless + Spider-Man 2099, Miguel O'hara31 decks
- Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, The Boundless + Spider-Byte, Web Warden16 decks
- Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, The Boundless + Whitemane Lion10 decks
- Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, The Boundless + Sparkcaster9 decks