Jaws of Defeat
Jaws of Defeat: Enchantment, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 27
- Artist
- Andreas Zafiratos
- Commander rank
- 4,354 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Jaws of Defeat
Jaws of Defeat is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 27 in that set, with art by Andreas Zafiratos. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever a creature you control enters, target opponent loses life equal to the difference between that creature's power and its toughness.
"The Jeskai like talking about their Way? Let's see them talk their way out of this dilemma." -Girdah, Abzan beastrider
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.36 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Jaws of Defeat by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Jaws of Defeat
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #67 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Jaws of Defeat.
- To find the difference between a creature’s power and its toughness, subtract the smaller of those two numbers from the larger one. For example, the difference between the power and toughness of a 3/5 creature is 2. The difference between the power and toughness of a 5/3 creature is also 2.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Jaws of Defeat is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.