The Commander
Flying
: Put a +1/+1 counter on Jenara.
Guide
Gameplan
Jenara is a cheap, evasive 3/3 flyer that can pump herself into a one-card kill while you back her with Bant's best protection and ramp. Drop her on turn three, hold up mana to grow her each turn, and protect/equip her until she connects for lethal commander damage. Between attacks you can pivot the leftover white mana into a slow but inevitable clock.
Strengths
- Self-contained win condition with built-in flying evasion and a repeatable pump that needs no support cards
- Bant has the best protection suite (counterspells, hexproof, fogs, removal) to keep your threat alive
- Cheap mana value means easy recasts after removal and fast deployment turn three
- Excellent equipment/aura carrier thanks to evasion and the ability to grow her toughness too
Weaknesses
- Extremely commander-dependent; without protection she gets blown out by spot removal and you spend mana inefficiently
- The pump is slow and mana-hungry, so an unprotected Jenara dies before she matters
- Vulnerable to board wipes, edicts, and pillowfort/fog effects that blank a single attacker
- No card advantage or game-plan in the command zone beyond beating down, so stalled boards hurt
Key Cards
- Swiftfoot Boots — Hexproof plus haste lets Jenara attack the turn she lands and dodges targeted removal.
- Lightning Greaves — Shroud and haste make her an immediate, protected threat for two mana.
- Finest Hour — Extra combat with exalted turns a pumped Jenara into a one-turn commander-damage kill.
- Rite of the Raging Storm — Forces opponents' creatures to attack each other while you swing freely with your flyer.
- Heroic Intervention — Cheap blanket protection saves your investment from wraths and targeted removal.
- Sword of Fire and Ice — Adds protection, card draw, and damage to an already evasive carrier.
Upgrade Path
Lean harder into protection and acceleration: add Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, and fast rocks to deploy and pump faster, plus Teferi's Protection and Heroic Intervention to survive wraths. Pack counter-doublers (Doubling Season, Branching Evolution) and proliferate to shorten the clock, and consider Aurelia's Fury or Berserk-style finishers for surprise kills. Tighten the equipment package to the Swords and Shadowspear, and run instant-speed protection over slow value cards to make her a reliable turn-five kill.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸21 commander damage from a pumped, evasive Jenara
- ▸Voltron one-shots via Sword/double-strike effects like Finest Hour
- ▸Proliferate and counter-doublers (Doubling Season, Hardened Scales) explode her power
- ▸Grinding out the table with Bant control while Jenara provides the inevitable clock
Archetypes
- Voltron — A cheap evasive creature with a self-pump ability is the ideal target for equipment, auras, and protection.
- Bant Midrange/Control — Use Jenara as a clock while countering and removing threats and grinding value.
- Counters Matter — Her built-in +1/+1 counter ability synergizes with proliferate and counter-doubling effects.
- Stax/Pillowfort — Lock the board with taxes and protection while a single evasive threat closes the game.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GUW), by popularity.
