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Jaya Ballard

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

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Full Name Jaya Ballard
Affinities Red
Origin set Dominaria Dominaria
Cost 295 Mana Crystals
Stats (max level)
Health 108
Deck limits Creatures 5  ·  Spells 8  ·  Supports 6
Mana bonuses Icon W.png 0 · Icon U.png +4 · Icon B.png 0 · Icon R.png+5 · Icon G.png 0
Leveling cost 79,920 Mana Runes
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)
Planeswalker series
Jaya Ballard (human)
Jaya Ballard  Red Jaya Ballard
Jaya, Fiery Negotiator  Red Jaya, Fiery Negotiator

She has average health, good mana gains in blue as well as red, 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 while also drawing cards, and create a powerful support TokensToken which copies spells she casts and gives the copies full mana.

Jaya Ballard is the first of two playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Jaya Ballard at different points in her life.

Contents

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, 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.

>> Jaya, Fiery Negotiator's Story

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