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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
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Jin-Gitaxias

{3}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

Ward {2}

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card.

{3}{U}: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand.

5 / 5

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Set
March of the Machine (MOM #294)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
5
Released
2023-04-21
Artist
Dominik Mayer
EDHREC rank
#3,305
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 1.02
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 19

Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Archaeomancer
{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Eternal Witness
{G}{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Mnemonic Wall
{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Shipwreck Dowser
{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Salvager of Secrets
{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Izzet Chronarch
{U}{R}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Skullwinder
{G}{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Warden of the Eye
{U}{R}{W}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Timeless Witness
{G}{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Damage Control Crew
{G}{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Vampire Charmseeker
{U}{B}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Ardent Elementalist
{U}{R}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Revolutionist
{U}{R}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Possessed Skaab
{U}{B}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Zealous Lorecaster
{U}{R}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo
{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+The Immortal Weapons
{U}{R}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Greenwarden of Murasa
{G}{U}
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Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis+Time Stretch+Returned Pastcaller
{U}{R}{W}
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All 19 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Tezzeret's Gambit 66 %+61.0 %
  2. Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant 59 %+52.3 %
  3. Experimental Augury 56 %+50.9 %
  4. Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur 54 %+49.1 %
  5. Flux Channeler 53 %+47.8 %
  6. Psychosis Crawler 64 %+47.5 %
  7. Reject Imperfection 47 %+44.3 %
  8. Jace, Wielder of Mysteries 59 %+43.6 %
  9. Omniscience 51 %+42.3 %
  10. Thrummingbird 46 %+41.6 %
  11. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus 43 %+40.3 %
  12. Mindsplice Apparatus 44 %+40.2 %
  13. Karn's Bastion 45 %+40.1 %
  14. Teferi's Ageless Insight 56 %+38.7 %
  15. Enter the Infinite 43 %+38.4 %
  16. Inexorable Tide 41 %+36.9 %
  17. Serum Snare 40 %+36.8 %
  18. Laboratory Maniac 57 %+36.2 %
  19. Chrome Host Seedshark 38 %+34.6 %
  20. Contentious Plan 39 %+34.4 %
  21. Steady Progress 34 %+31.8 %
  22. Archmage's Charm 47 %+29.9 %
  23. Staff of Compleation 32 %+29.9 %
  24. Prologue to Phyresis 33 %+29.9 %
  25. Vivisurgeon's Insight 31 %+29.7 %
  26. Frantic Search 59 %+26.5 %
  27. Dreamtide Whale 30 %+25.8 %
  28. Unwind 35 %+25.6 %
  29. Decanter of Endless Water 38 %+25.2 %
  30. Ichormoon Gauntlet 27 %+25.2 %
  31. Defiler of Dreams 32 %+24.6 %
  32. Solve the Equation 33 %+22.4 %
  33. Time Stretch 25 %+21.5 %
  34. Midnight Clock 40 %+21.5 %
  35. Mercurial Spelldancer 23 %+21.1 %
  36. Thought Vessel 72 %+21.1 %
  37. Propaganda 52 %+20.6 %
  38. High Tide 64 %+20.3 %
  39. Everflowing Chalice 36 %+20.2 %
  40. Reliquary Tower 76 %+20.2 %
  41. Quick Study 24 %+19.1 %
  42. Archmage Emeritus 39 %+19.1 %
  43. Wizard Class 35 %+17.8 %
  44. Flow of Knowledge 32 %+17.7 %
  45. Rewind 30 %+17.7 %
  46. Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim 23 %+17.6 %
  47. Baral, Chief of Compliance 28 %+17.2 %
  48. Sea Gate Restoration 32 %+17.1 %
  49. Sea Gate Restoration 32 %+17.1 %
  50. Narset, Parter of Veils 26 %+16.8 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 94 %+0.5 %
  2. Sol Ring 89 %+4.6 %
  3. Reliquary Tower 76 %+20.2 %
  4. Sapphire Medallion 74 %+15.0 %
  5. Thought Vessel 72 %+21.1 %
  6. Arcane Signet 69 %+4.2 %
  7. Counterspell 66 %+0.5 %
  8. Tezzeret's Gambit 66 %+61.0 %
  9. High Tide 64 %+20.3 %
  10. Psychosis Crawler 64 %+47.5 %
  11. Mystic Sanctuary 59 %+9.6 %
  12. Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant 59 %+52.3 %
  13. Frantic Search 59 %+26.5 %
  14. Jace, Wielder of Mysteries 59 %+43.6 %
  15. Laboratory Maniac 57 %+36.2 %
  16. Teferi's Ageless Insight 56 %+38.7 %
  17. Experimental Augury 56 %+50.9 %
  18. Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur 54 %+49.1 %
  19. Flux Channeler 53 %+47.8 %
  20. Propaganda 52 %+20.6 %
  21. Omniscience 51 %+42.3 %
  22. Reject Imperfection 47 %+44.3 %
  23. Archmage's Charm 47 %+29.9 %
  24. Thrummingbird 46 %+41.6 %
  25. Karn's Bastion 45 %+40.1 %
  26. Brainstorm 45 %+4.1 %
  27. Mindsplice Apparatus 44 %+40.2 %
  28. Rhystic Study 43 %+13.0 %
  29. An Offer You Can't Refuse 43 %+3.8 %
  30. Enter the Infinite 43 %+38.4 %
  31. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus 43 %+40.3 %
  32. Inexorable Tide 41 %+36.9 %
  33. Midnight Clock 40 %+21.5 %
  34. Serum Snare 40 %+36.8 %
  35. Arcane Denial 40 %+2.9 %
  36. Archmage Emeritus 39 %+19.1 %
  37. Contentious Plan 39 %+34.4 %
  38. Chrome Host Seedshark 38 %+34.6 %
  39. Mind Stone 38 %+4.1 %
  40. Decanter of Endless Water 38 %+25.2 %
  41. Hullbreaker Horror 38 %+13.8 %
  42. Mystic Remora 38 %+11.7 %
  43. Aetherize 37 %+4.7 %
  44. Pongify 36 %-4.4 %
  45. Mana Drain 36 %+9.5 %
  46. Everflowing Chalice 36 %+20.2 %
  47. Windfall 36 %+14.3 %
  48. Unwind 35 %+25.6 %
  49. Wizard Class 35 %+17.8 %
  50. Cyclonic Rift 35 %+4.1 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2023-04-14

    A spell you cast this way can be the target of a later spell you cast this way. However, permanent spells cast this way won’t resolve until you’re done casting spells, so the permanents they become can’t be the target of spells cast this way. For example, if you exile Twincast and Lightning Strike, you can cast Lightning Strike and then cast Twincast targeting it; but if you exile a creature card and an Aura card, you can’t cast that Aura targeting that creature.

  • 2023-04-14

    All the spells you cast due to chapter III are cast during the resolution of that ability. You can cast them in any order, and timing restrictions based on the cards’ types are ignored. Once you’re done casting spells, before any of them resolve, The Great Synthesis will be exiled and return as Jin-Gitaxias.

  • 2023-04-14

    For chapter I of The Great Synthesis, the number of cards you draw is determined as the ability resolves. If you no longer control The Great Synthesis at that time, your maximum hand size remains unchanged.

  • 2023-04-14

    If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • 2023-04-14

    If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast it.

  • 2023-04-14

    Once you’ve activated Jin-Gitaxias’s last ability, it doesn’t matter what happens to the number of cards in your hand. The ability will resolve even if you have six or fewer cards in your hand by that time.

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