Palace Jailer
Creature — Human Soldier · 2/2
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until an opponent becomes the monarch.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
Selling Palace Jailer?
Most copies of Palace Jailer are worth under $1, so we buy them as bulk.
All 7 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander MSC | 140 | Jun 2026 | $0.23 | – |
| Final Fantasy Commander FIC | 247 | Jun 2025 | $0.28 | – |
| Commander Masters CMM | 47 | Aug 2023 | $0.19 | $0.31 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander LTC | 174 | Jun 2023 | $0.24 | – |
| Time Spiral Remastered TSR | 298 | Mar 2021 | $0.36 | $15.76 |
| The List PLST | CN2-18 | Nov 2019 | $0.27 | – |
| Conspiracy: Take the Crown CN2 | 18 | Aug 2016 | $0.27 | $3.65 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
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Rulings
Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.
The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
In a multiplayer game, if the monarch leaves the game, the player whose turn it is immediately becomes the monarch. If the player whose turn it is has left the game, instead the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
Palace Jailer leaving the battlefield won't cause the exiled creature to return. The game will continue to watch for the next time an opponent becomes the monarch.
Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
If you're not the monarch as Palace Jailer's second ability resolves, the creature will be exiled until there's a new monarch and that player is one of your opponents. The creature won't immediately return just because an opponent is the monarch.
The opponent that controlled the exiled card doesn't have to be the same opponent that becomes the monarch in order to cause that card to return to the battlefield. Any opponent becoming the monarch will cause the card to return.
If a creature token is exiled, it ceases to exist. It won't return to the battlefield.
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