Card
Spelljack
Mana cost {3}{U}{U}{U}
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
Part of 4 known combos, 3 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · JUD · #51
- Cheapest printing
- €1.37
- EDHREC salt
- 0.53
- Color identity
- Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Thousand-Year Storm, Swarm Intelligence, Bonus Round
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Thousand-Year Storm, Swarm Intelligence, Bonus Round
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Thousand-Year Storm, Swarm Intelligence, Bonus Round (none of them early)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
4 known combos, 3 of them two-card.
- Thousand-Year Storm + Spelljack
Produces: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Spelljack + Swarm Intelligence
Produces: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Spelljack + Bonus Round
Produces: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2008-08-01 · Wizards of the Coast
If you use this on an opponent’s spell which has Buyback, you may pay the Buyback cost as you cast it. If you do so, the card will go to its owner’s hand upon resolution. It will not go to your hand, nor to any player’s graveyard. - 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
If you cast an instant or sorcery, it goes to its owner’s graveyard when it resolves. - 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
This spell can be used on a spell cast using Flashback.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast