Jaya Ballard

Jaya Ballard
Full Name	Jaya Ballard
Affinities
Origin set	Dominaria
Cost	295
Stats (max level)
Health	108
Deck limits	5  ·   8  ·   6
Mana bonuses	0 ·  +4 ·  0 ·  +5 ·  0
Leveling cost	79,920
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)

Planeswalker series
Jaya Ballard (human)
	Jaya Ballard
	Jaya, Fiery Negotiator

Contents

Overview

Jaya Ballard is a red human Planeswalker, introduced in May 2018 along with the Dominaria card set.

She has average health, high mana gains with a somewhat unbalanced spread, and average deck limits, focusing on Spells.

The theme of her abilities is Spells. She can fetch spells with bonus mana, deal direct damage to the opponent if her last card is a spell, with card draw, and create a powerful support Tokens  which gives spells she draws full mana as well as copying them.

Stats

Jaya Ballard - level 60
Mana bonus						Deck limits			Health	Leveling cost
0	+4	0	+5	0	0	5	8	6	108	79,920

All level details 1-60													Click to
Level cost		Mana bonus							Deck limits				Health		Abilities
															1	2	3
1-5 440		-2	+2	-2	+3	-2	0		2	5	3		38
									2	6	3
													40
		-2	+3	-2	+3	-2	0
													42
6-10 1865
													44
									2	6	4
													46
11-15 4190													48
		-2	+3	-1	+3	-2	0
													50
									3	6	4
													53
16-20 7380
		-2	+3	-1	+3	-1	0
													56
21-25 11405													58
									3	7	4
													61
		-1	+3	-1	+3	-1	0
													64
26-30 16250
													67
									3	7	5
													69
31-35 21890													72
		-1	+3	-1	+5	-1	0
													75
									4	7	5
36-40 28325
													78
		-1	+4	-1	+5	-1	0
													81
41-45 35540													84
									4	8	5
													87
		-1	+4	0	+5	-1	0
													90
46-50 43520
													93
									4	8	6
													96
51-55 55720													99
		-1	+4	0	+5	0	0
									5	8	6
													102
56-60 79920
													105
		0	+4	0	+5	0	0
													108

Abilities

1: Great Literature, Great Toast
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	6-19	6	The first spell in your hand gains 8 mana.
	20-35	6	The first spell in your hand gains 10 mana.
	36-49	6	Fetch the first spell in your library. The first spell in your hand gains 8 mana.
	50-60	6	Fetch the first spell in your library. The first spell in your hand gains 10 mana.

2: Burning Books
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	10-25	9	Discard a card and draw 3 cards.
	26-39	9	Discard a card, draw 4 cards.
	40-55	9	If the last card in your hand is a spell, deal 8 damage to your opponent. Discard a card, draw 4 cards.
	56-60	9	If the last card in your hand is a spell, deal 8 damage to your opponent. If not, gain 4 mana. Discard a card, draw 4 cards.

3: Professional Destruction
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	16-29	15	Create a Minor Professional Destruction Token  [3 shield with "Whenever you cast a non-copy spell, Copy  the first spell from your library."].
	30-45	15	Create a Professional Destruction Token  [3 shield with "Whenever you cast a non-copy spell, Copy  the first spell from your library. It gains half of its mana."].
	46-59	15	Create an Improved Professional Destruction Token  [4 shield with "Whenever you cast a non-copy spell, Copy  the first spell from your library. It gains full mana."].
	60	15	Create a Major Professional Destruction Token  [4 shield with "Whenever you cast a non-copy spell, Copy  the first 2 spells from your library. They gain full mana."].

Story

Jaya is a native of Dominaria whose skills, abilities, recklessness and impetuousness made her influence known to the Multiverse across generations. She founded Keral Keep, a pyromantic monastery in the plane Regatha, where Chandra Nalaar trained. After the Mending, she started aging normally, unlike Teferi and Karn, and is fully accepting of the fact she is at the end of a very long and productive life.