Jecht, Reluctant Guardian // Braska's Final Aeon

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

Illustrated by Michael MacRae

F

EDHREC Rank #6,442

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)

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.

Jun 6, 2025

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.

Jun 6, 2025

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.

Jun 6, 2025