MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #136

Jackal, Genius Geneticist

DIGITAL ONLY

om1·#136·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Arif Wijaya

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '25

11 mo ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,649 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain

Trample Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value equal to Jackal's power, copy that spell, except the copy isn't legendary. Then put a +1/+1 counter on Jackal. (The copy becomes a token.)

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2025-09-19wotc

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for that X to determine the mana value of that spell.

2025-09-19wotc

If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy will have the same value of X.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from OM1 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #136 of *Through the Omenpaths*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2025 Through the Omenpaths release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain, color identity green/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {G}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Trample.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #15,649 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Arif Wijaya. Rarix catalogs 58 other cards credited to this artist.