First printed in Tempest (1997)
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, this artifact deals 2 damage to you.
Sacrifice a creature: Target opponent gains control of this artifact.
"Here."
- Illustrated by
- John Matson
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- Your opponent can use the ability to give this card back to you.
- If you sacrifice an attacking or blocking creature during the declare blockers step, it won’t deal combat damage. If you wait until the combat damage step, but that creature is dealt lethal damage, it’ll be destroyed before you get a chance to sacrifice it.
- The control-change effect has no duration. The targeted player retains control of Jinxed Idol until the game ends, Jinxed Idol leaves the battlefield, or an effect causes someone else to gain control of it (perhaps because Jinxed Idol’s ability is activated again).
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
Combos
1 combo:
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Jinxed Idol + Nim Deathmantle + Su-Chi
