Jaya Ballard Price
5 printings · 5 sets · first printed 2018
Jaya Ballard has been printed 5 times across 5 sets, first in 2018 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Commander 2021 #175 at $0.37, while the most expensive is Mythic Edition #RA4 at $6.05 — about 16× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $2.91. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 5x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Commander 2021).
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Every Jaya Ballard Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander 2021 #175 (M) Cheapest | 2021 | $0.37 | — |
| Dominaria #132 (M) | 2018 | $0.63 | $0.25 |
| Dominaria Promos #132s (M) Foil | 2018 | $2.91 | $1.35 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #1062 (M) | 2022 | $3.50 | $1.80 |
| Mythic Edition #RA4 (M) Foil | 2019 | $6.05 | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
. Spend this mana only to cast instant or sorcery spells.+1: Discard up to three cards, then draw that many cards.
−8: You get an emblem with "You may cast instant and sorcery spells from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead."
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsYou choose how many cards to discard while Jaya’s second ability is resolving. You can choose to discard zero cards this way (and then draw zero cards) if you wish.
Mana produced by Jaya’s first ability can be spent among any number of instant and/or sorcery spells.
Jaya’s emblem doesn’t grant you permission to do anything with instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard except cast them. For example, you can’t cycle instant or sorcery cards with cycling from your graveyard.
Because it’s a loyalty ability, Jaya’s first ability isn’t a mana ability. It can be activated only any time you could cast a sorcery. It uses the stack and can be responded to.