Ajani Steadfast
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
- Loyalty
- 4
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #87 (mythic)
+1: Until end of turn, up to one target creature gets +1/+1 and gains first strike, vigilance, and lifelink.
−2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.
−7: You get an emblem with "If a source would deal damage to you or a planeswalker you control, prevent all but 1 of that damage."
Ajani Steadfast has 5 printings, first in Magic 2015 (2014). EDHREC ranks it #4,946 among Commander cards. It appears most in Commodore Guff decks (4,728 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Ajani Steadfast
- Planeswalker Party - Commander Masters, led by Commodore Guff
Commanders that run Ajani Steadfast most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Commodore Guff: 4,728 decks
- Atraxa, Praetors' Voice: 4,143 decks
- Tam, the Possibility: 1,745 decks
- Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge: 1,429 decks
- Arahbo, Roar of the World: 1,080 decks
- Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger: 781 decks
- Tomik, Wielder of Law: 678 decks
- Leori, Sparktouched Hunter: 474 decks
Often played with Ajani Steadfast
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a permanent you control is both a creature and a planeswalker, Ajani’s second ability will put both a +1/+1 counter and a loyalty counter on it.
- : You may activate the first ability with no targets. If you do, you simply put a loyalty counter on Ajani to pay the cost of the ability.
- : The emblem’s ability doesn’t consider who controls the source dealing damage to you or a planeswalker you control.
- : Each attacking creature is a separate source of damage. For example, if two 3/3 creatures attack you and are unblocked, the emblem will prevent 2 damage from each creature. You’ll be dealt a total of 2 damage.
- : If multiple effects modify how damage is dealt, the player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses the order to apply the effects. For example, Dictate of the Twin Gods says, “If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.” Suppose you would be dealt 3 damage while Dictate of the Twin Gods is on the battlefield and you control Ajani’s emblem. You can either (a) prevent all but 1 damage first and then let Dictate of the Twin Gods’s effect double that, for a result of being dealt 2 damage, or (b) double the damage to 6 and then prevent all but 1 of that damage.