Jeskai Elder

Creature — Human Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

1/2

Illustrated by: Craig J Spearing
Watermark: Jeskai

Legality

Legal in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in: Standard, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Standard Brawl

Rulings (4)

2014-09-20 Prowess goes on the stack on top of the spell that caused it to trigger. It will resolve before that spell.
2014-09-20 Any spell you cast that doesn't have the type creature will cause prowess to trigger. If a spell has multiple types, and one of those types is creature (such as an artifact creature), casting it won't cause prowess to trigger. Playing a land also won't cause prowess to trigger.
2014-09-20 Once it triggers, prowess isn't connected to the spell that caused it to trigger. If that spell is countered, prowess will still resolve.
2020-06-23 You draw a card and discard a card all while Jeskai Elder's ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Jeskai Elder in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Khans of Tarkir (KTK), Premier Draft	54.0%	-0.2	+0.9	7891
Khans of Tarkir (KTK), Sealed	56.2%	-0.1	+2.4	525

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen