In the storyline, Jhoira is very much a
"sleeper" threat of the multiverse. She managed
to become immortal without even having a
planeswalker spark, survived the Phyrexian
Invasion and the even more insane events of the
Time Spiral block, and is still somewhere out
there fighting the good fight. It's fitting,
then, that her card representation has humble
stats but enables some of the most ridiculous
and broken plays in EDH. The most innocent use
of her ability involves a Greater Gargadon or
Deep-Sea Kraken attacking like eight turns
before it's "supposed to". The least innocent
uses tend to involve Aeon Chronicler,
Detritivore, and anything with the word "Eldrazi".
Whenever Jhoira is involved, you'll probably win
the game, but you may not win friends outside
the game!
Today's card of the day is Jhoira of the Ghitu
which is a three mana Blue and Red 2/2 legendary
that for two mana allows you to exile a non-land
card from hand give it Suspend and put four time
counters on it. With the kind of high mana
cost spells that are usually passed over in most
formats as targets and likely supported with
time counter removal effects this is very strong
in Commander. For a very low cost she can
introduce some very difficult to oppose threats
or effects into the midgame and allows a fairly
unique concept for an Izzet deck.
Jhoira is arguably one of the most devastating
generals in the EDH format. I've only played
against it once, and during that game, my buddy
dropped an Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre on turn 7.
Note that suspend acts as an ability that casts
from exile, so any cast abilities are triggered.
Anyway, suspend on anything is a huge play,
especially for 2 mana. The obvious downsides are
that you're essentially playing out your hand
exposed, and for 4 turns. So opponent does have
chances to come up with a strategy, but it's
still difficult to manage, especially if you're
combining suspend, along with plays you're doing
in real time. It takes a lot of focus to pull it
off, but if you can, you'd be hard pressed to
find a better general in R/U.
Constructed: 4.5
Casual: 5
Limited: N/A
Multiplayer: 3 (Points off for automatically
making yourself the biggest threat if your hand
is good enough)
