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Jecht, Reluctant Guardian

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Nightmare MV 4

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What it does

Menace

Whenever Jecht deals combat damage to a player, you may exile it, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control.

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)

I, II — Jecht Beam — Each opponent discards a card and you draw a card.

III — Ultimate Jecht Shot — Each opponent sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Menace

Rulings

9 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2025-06-06

    Each face of a nonmodal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a nonmodal double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.

  • 2025-06-06

    The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.

  • 2025-06-06

    The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.

  • 2025-06-06

    As Braska's Final Aeon's first or second chapter ability resolves, the next opponent in turn order (or, if it's an opponent's turn, that opponent) chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then the chosen cards are discarded at the same time. Finally, you draw a card.

  • 2025-06-06

    Each nonmodal double-faced card in this release is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.

  • 2025-06-06

    A token that is created as a copy of a double-faced permanent or a double-faced card in another zone is a double-faced token. It will have both the front face and back face of whatever object it's copying. If it's copying a double-faced permanent whose back face is up, the token will enter with its back face up. It can transform if instructed to do so.

  • 2025-06-06

    In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Cecil, Dark Knight's color identity is black and white, since its front face is black and its back face has a white color indicator.

  • 2025-06-06

    If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Crystal Fragments, it will be exiled during the resolution of its second ability and remain in exile.

  • 2025-06-06

    A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Jecht, Reluctant Guardian, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Sin, Spira's Punishment 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Sultai 1 deck

Every version of Jecht, Reluctant Guardian

4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Jecht, Reluctant Guardian. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.