Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Legendary Creature — Human Spellshaper

Mana cost: {1}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Destroy target blue permanent.

activated {R}, {T}, Discard a card —

activated {R}, {T}, Discard a card —

Jaya Ballard deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

activated {1}{R}, {T}, Discard a card —

activated {1}{R}, {T}, Discard a card — deals 3 damage

Jaya Ballard deals 6 damage to each creature and each player.

activated {5}{R}{R}, {T}, Discard a card —

activated {5}{R}{R}, {T}, Discard a card — deals 6 damage

activated {5}{R}{R}, {T}, Discard a card — deals 6 damage

What we read on this card

Causes: discard a card, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage, a creature deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a permanent in a graveyard — 58 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage puts cards into the:

  1. Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core — graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  2. Eden, Seat of the Sanctum — graveyard that Eden, Seat of the Sanctum can bring back
  3. Staff of Eden, Vault's Key — graveyard that Staff of Eden, Vault's Key can bring back
  4. Desecrate Reality — graveyard that Desecrate Reality can bring back

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 460 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  5. Glint-Horn Buccaneer — deals 1 damage
  6. Marauding Mako — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Bag of Holding — exiles it

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything deals noncombat damage — 1,797 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

26 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 1,257 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage makes a player lose life:

  1. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  2. Walking Sarcophagus — raises your speed
  3. Starting Column — raises your speed
  4. Racers' Scoreboard — raises your speed
  5. Outpace Oblivion — raises your speed
  6. Kickoff Celebrations — raises your speed
  7. Goblin Surveyor — raises your speed
  8. Mindcrank — mills a card
  9. Burnout Bashtronaut — raises your speed
  10. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human enters the battlefield — 661 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage enters:

  1. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  2. Vigilante Justice — deals 1 damage

a card in a graveyard — 1,770 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage:

  1. Thor, God of Thunder — puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  2. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  4. Barkform Harvester — puts cards into the graveyard that Barkform Harvester can bring back
  5. Cybernetic Specialist — puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  6. Reito Sentinel — puts cards into the graveyard that Reito Sentinel can bring back
  7. Chrome Companion — puts cards into the graveyard that Chrome Companion can bring back
  8. Capricious Hellraiser — fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
  9. Yidaro, Wandering Monster — puts cards into the graveyard that Yidaro, Wandering Monster can bring back
  10. Relic Golem — fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Relic Golem needs

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 3,451 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  3. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  4. Total War — kills a creature
  5. The Spear of Leonidas — triggers

64 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 3,451 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage blocks:

  1. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  2. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 3,451 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Gut, True Soul Zealot — sacrifices a creature or artifact
  3. Swashbuckler Extraordinaire — sacrifices a Treasure

27 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,801 cards in Jaya Ballard's colors can cause this (Jaya Ballard is one).

When Jaya Ballard, Task Mage enters:

  1. Enduring Courage — gives +2/+0
  2. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  3. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

71 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.