---
name: "General Jarkeld"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Richard Thomas"
oracle_id: "64df77f6-4f7e-442a-971c-8ad3f7d1c979"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/general-jarkeld-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# General Jarkeld
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
{T}: Choose two target blocked attacking creatures. If each of those creatures could be blocked by all creatures that the other is blocked by, each creature that's blocking exactly one of those attacking creatures stops blocking it and is blocking the other attacking creature. Activate only during the declare blockers step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Balduvian Warlord](/printing/balduvian-warlord-csp.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian
2. [Trap Runner](/printing/trap-runner-plst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Invasion Plans](/printing/invasion-plans-sld.md) — Enchantment
4. [Bloodscent](/printing/bloodscent-mrd.md) — Instant
5. [Hunt Down](/printing/hunt-down-lrw.md) — Sorcery
6. [Elite Javelineer](/printing/elite-javelineer-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #27
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Richard Thomas
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`