Card
Jackal, Genius Geneticist
Mana cost {G}{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain 1/1
Trample Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value equal to Jackal's power, copy that spell, except the copy isn't legendary. Then put a +1/+1 counter on Jackal. (The copy becomes a token.)
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 1 known combo. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · SPM · #131
- Cheapest printing
- €0.14
- EDHREC salt
- 0.49
- Color identity
- Green, Blue
- Keywords
- Trample
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
1 known combo.
- Jackal, Genius Geneticist + Wildwood Scourge + Ego Erasure
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature token
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-09-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for that X to determine the mana value of that spell. - 2025-09-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy will have the same value of X.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast