First printed in Dominaria (2018)
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Flying
You may pay rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast.
"Chronicles across the ages describe Jodah. They likely refer not to one mage, but to a family or an arcane title."
—Arkol, Argivian scholar
4/3
- Illustrated by
- Yongjae Choi
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (3)
- If you apply Jodah's alternative cost to a spell with
in its mana cost, X is 0.
- If you cast a spell for which mana may be spent as though it were mana of any color, you may cast it for Jodah's alternative cost and still spend mana as though it were mana of any color.
- Jodah's ability is an alternative cost to cast a spell. You can't combine this with other alternative costs, such as flashback. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker, in addition to this alternative cost.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
33 combos, the most popular first:
- Cast all Sliver creature cards in your hand and library, Near-infinite colorless mana: Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Mana Echoes + Morophon, the Boundless + Sliver Overlord
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, the Boundless + Venser, Shaper Savant
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, the Boundless + Spider-Man 2099, Miguel O'Hara
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, the Boundless + Spider-Byte, Web Warden
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, the Boundless + Whitemane Lion
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, the Boundless + Sparkcaster
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Great Whale + Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Temur Sabertooth
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Blinking Spirit + Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, the Boundless
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancestral Statue + Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Morophon, the Boundless
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Jodah, Archmage Eternal + Kor Skyfisher + Morophon, the Boundless