Which Jumpstart 2022 cards survived in Commander?

1. Kibo, Uktabi Prince

Kibo is the clearest Jumpstart 2022 survivor because it gives Gruul a commander that turns artifact hate into table-wide pressure. The deck count alone tells the story: this is the card players kept building around.

2. Preston, the Vanisher

Preston gave white blink decks a payoff that made every flicker spell feel bigger. It stuck because Commander always has room for a commander that turns ETB value into tokens, combo lines, or both.

3. Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Alandra is one of the cleanest blue draw engines from the set, and wheels, cantrips, and tokens give it a real job at the table. It survives because card draw that becomes board presence is exactly the kind of glue Commander wants.

4. Rodolf Duskbringer

Rodolf fits lifegain, reanimator, and vampire shells because it does more than sit there as a payoff. Six mana is acceptable when a legend keeps recurring value and wearing counters well.

5. Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

Ashcoat is the Rat tribal buy-in card, and Rat decks love any commander that turns a swarm into recursion and card advantage. Graveyard loops and token replenishment keep it relevant.

6. Lita, Mechanical Engineer

Lita gives Vehicle and artifact decks an untap engine that smooths clunky draws. Any commander that turns tapped cardboard into extra mana or extra combat steps earns permanent shelf space.

7. Isu the Abominable

Isu is the snow card the format expected to matter, because snow decks need a payoff that rewards the package without making the plan too cute. It survived by making the archetype feel like a real engine.

8. Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

Kenessos gives sea-monster pilots a cheap way to cheat giant threats into play from the top of the library. Big blue-green decks still love a commander that shortens the wait for krakens and leviathans.

9. Ardoz, Cobbler of War

Ardoz keeps Goblin decks moving by rewarding attack steps and token combat. If a red commander makes a board of tiny bodies feel like a clock, Commander will keep it around.

10. Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence

Auntie Blyte is the kind of Rakdos legend players reach for when they want damage to matter twice. It turns self-inflicted pain and burn-style play into a threat that keeps scaling.

11. Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier

Agrus Kos gives Boros players another way to turn combat into value, and Boros survives in Commander by stacking those small edges. It fits best in token and target-heavy shells that already want to attack.

12. Mizzix, Replica Rider

Mizzix, Replica Rider gives spell-heavy red-blue decks a legend that feels built for copying and chaining value. Izzet lists are always happy to find another reason to cast a spell and keep going.

13. Runadi, Behemoth Caller

Runadi is the sort of green legend that stays alive in Commander because it rewards the most universal plan in the color: casting bigger creatures. Big-body decks like having a commander that scales with what they already wanted to do.

14. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Zask pushes Insect and graveyard decks in the same direction, which is exactly the kind of overlap Commander rewards. It gives a tribe with limited support a real late-game plan.

15. Planar Atlas

Planar Atlas survives as a quiet fixer, and those are the cards Commander never stops needing. Colorless ramp that smooths the early turns fits almost any budget build.

16. Chains of Custody

Chains of Custody is the sort of clean removal white decks can keep coming back to. Flexible exile-based answers always find room in token and enchantment shells.

17. Hold for Questioning

Hold for Questioning gives Azorius decks another piece of exile-based removal that still plays nicely with tempo. Commander decks want cheap interaction that buys time without overcommitting.

18. Synchronized Eviction

Synchronized Eviction sticks because bounce plus spell discounting is useful in the exact kind of midrange tables Commander creates. It is the sort of reset button that stays in lists when players want flexibility.

19. Biblioplex Kraken

Biblioplex Kraken gives blue decks a finisher that also interacts with the graveyard. A body that can close games while recasting value is easy to justify in singleton.

20. Distinguished Conjurer

Distinguished Conjurer found a home where blink, lifegain, and creature-based value overlap. Commander rewards cards that turn ordinary ETB play into a repeatable resource.

21. Soul Read

Soul Read is the sort of card-advantage spell Commander players keep around when they want a smooth black-blue turn. Cheap selection and graveyard utility always age well in multiplayer.

22. Launch Mishap

Launch Mishap survives because even small red interaction matters when a deck needs a cheap pressure valve. The lower the cost and the broader the use case, the longer a card hangs around.

23. Merfolk Pupil

Merfolk Pupil is pure budget glue for blue decks that want loot, scry, or incidental card filtering. Small utility creatures are often the first Jumpstart cards to get sleeved into real lists.

24. Pirated Copy

Pirated Copy is exactly the kind of trick Commander likes, because copying something important is never dead. Clone effects keep showing up because they scale with the best thing at the table.

25. Creeping Bloodsucker

Creeping Bloodsucker appeals to life-drain decks that want their creatures to matter on entry and on attack. Black-red grind decks love a small body that keeps ticking life totals.

26. Deadly Plot

Deadly Plot survives as a black value piece for decks that already want sacrifice, recursion, or attrition. Commander gives these effects extra mileage because one spell can refill several roles.

27. Disciple of Perdition

Disciple of Perdition is the kind of black utility creature that fits in sacrifice and graveyard shells without asking for much. If it replaces itself or pressures resources, Commander will find it a job.

28. Ossuary Rats

Ossuary Rats earns attention from any Rat deck that wants a body with graveyard value attached. Tribal strategies survive on exactly these kinds of low-cost enablers.

29. Skullslither Worm

Skullslither Worm looks like a simple beater, but Commander often keeps those around when they carry a relevant secondary angle. Big green-black bodies stay relevant if they help bridge early board states into late pressure.

30. Suspicious Shambler

Suspicious Shambler is the kind of midrange creature that can linger in graveyard-heavy decks because it keeps the engine moving. Niche bodies survive when they do one job cleanly and do not fight the curve.

31. Termination Facilitator

Termination Facilitator is a removal-support card, and support cards age better than flashy one-offs. Any deck built around counters, combat, or repeated interaction can make room for it.

32. Brazen Cannonade

Brazen Cannonade survives because damage-based red cards are easy to slot into token and aggressive shells. Commander decks that want to punish blockers or convert attacks into damage keep this kind of card close.

33. Coalborn Entity

Coalborn Entity is an artifact-matters creature that finds a home wherever red decks want a payoff for assembling pieces. The format keeps those cards around because artifacts are everywhere.

34. Daring Piracy

Daring Piracy gives pirate or treasure decks another way to turn combat into advantage. The more a card rewards attacking, the more often Commander decks can use it.

36. Ogre Battlecaster

Ogre Battlecaster is a classic red Commander shape: pressure on a body and value from spells. Red decks keep these cards because they make every combat step and every spell a little more efficient.

37. Plundering Predator

Plundering Predator fits the green-red appetite for creatures that scale with treasure, combat, or big attacks. Commander loves threats that turn a normal turn into an amplified one.

38. Benevolent Hydra

Benevolent Hydra survives because +1/+1 counters are still one of the safest bets in Commander. A card that can scale a board without needing a narrow tribe tends to stay useful.

39. Giant Ladybug

Giant Ladybug is the kind of creature that sneaks into green lists when they want a resilient early blocker or counter synergies. Commander keeps a lot of simple green creatures if they stabilize the table.

40. Mild-Mannered Librarian

Mild-Mannered Librarian is a classic role-player card, a quiet piece that helps blue decks set up the rest of their game. Commander often rewards low-key card smoothing more than splashy text.

41. Primeval Herald

Primeval Herald gives green decks another reason to keep creature-heavy lines moving. When a card helps turn board presence into more mana or more bodies, it keeps showing up.

42. Rampaging Growth

Rampaging Growth is the sort of ramp spell Commander keeps forever because the format is built on getting ahead on mana. Green decks do not need much convincing to adopt more ramp.

43. Spectral Hunt-Caller

Spectral Hunt-Caller plays like the kind of top-end token card that helps go-wide decks close a board stall. Commander loves finishers that also keep the creature count high.

44. Towering Gibbon

Towering Gibbon is exactly the kind of oversized green body that keeps budget beatdown decks honest. Simple stats still matter when a table needs pressure.

45. Dutiful Replicator

Dutiful Replicator survives in artifact shells because copying or multiplying value is always welcome there. Commander artifacts turn one good card into several good turns.

46. Infernal Idol

Infernal Idol fits black decks that want grindy artifact or enchantment support without spending too much. Value pieces that keep the cards moving are easy Commander keepsakes.

47. Instruments of War

Instruments of War sticks as a combat helper, which is a useful lane in token-heavy or equipment-adjacent decks. Any artifact that makes attacks matter can earn a repeat home.

48. Angelic Cub

Angelic Cub is a fine example of a small white threat that can still matter in life gain or counters lists. Commander keeps these because cheap creatures are the easiest cards to test and reuse.

49. Ingenious Leonin

Ingenious Leonin is a natural fit for equipment decks, a lane that never lacks room for one more efficient cat. White combat shells are built on small upgrades like this.

50. Magnanimous Magistrate

Magnanimous Magistrate survives when a table wants a white legend that can pressure opponents while supporting a broader game plan. Politics, counters, and midrange white all appreciate that flexibility.

51. Conductor of Cacophony

Conductor of Cacophony rounds out the list as the kind of explosive red-black card that rewards a board already doing something unfair. Jumpstart 2022’s real lesson is that even the flashiest names only last when they do a job Commander needs.