---
name: "Jaya Ballard"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Jaya"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "C21"
set_name: "Commander 2021"
collector_number: "175"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "a56c5ca5-70eb-4d5f-8116-2acbe5f5a3cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/jaya-ballard-c21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Jaya Ballard
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Jaya
- **Starting Loyalty:** 5

## Oracle Text
+1: Add {R}{R}{R}. Spend this mana only to cast instant or sorcery spells.
+1: Discard up to three cards, then draw that many cards.
−8: You get an emblem with "You may cast instant and sorcery spells from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jaya, Fiery Negotiator](/printing/jaya-fiery-negotiator-dmu.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Jaya
2. [Jaya Ballard, Task Mage](/printing/jaya-ballard-task-mage-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Spellshaper
3. [Chandra, Acolyte of Flame](/printing/chandra-acolyte-of-flame-pm20.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra
4. [Chandra, Flame's Catalyst](/printing/chandra-flames-catalyst-m21.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra
5. [Ral, Izzet Viceroy](/printing/ral-izzet-viceroy-pana.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ral
6. [Chandra, Heart of Fire](/printing/chandra-heart-of-fire-m21.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2021 (C21) #175
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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