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Pol Jamaar, Illusionist
Legendary Creature — Human Illusion Wizard
Flying When Pol Jamaar enters, choose a creature type. Draw a card for each creature you control of that type.
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“Blue wizard that draws cards equal to your chosen creature type on entry.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Spellslinger, Tribal
Strategy
Pol Jamaar is a blue wizard that rewards you for assembling a specific creature type, turning your board into a card-draw engine. The moment he enters the battlefield, you pick a creature type that you're already building around—say Wizards, Fairies, or Elementals—and immediately draw a card for each creature of that type you control. This means the deck wants to front-load creatures of your chosen type early, then use Pol as a payoff that generates massive card advantage.
The gameplan is straightforward: build a creature-heavy deck around one creature type, ramp into Pol Jamaar, and chain him with your existing board to draw multiple cards in one shot. Once you've refilled your hand, you have the mana and resources to either find more creatures to rebuild the board, dig for interaction, or assemble a win condition. This makes Pol a tempo-positive threat that scales with your preparation and rewards you for playing synergistic creatures anyway.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Pick an affordable creature type like Wizards or Fairies, then fill slots with bulk common/uncommons; swap expensive draw spells like Rhystic Study for Bident of Thassa or Coastal Piracy.
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Wizard Class
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