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Ainok Survivalist

Creature — Dog Shaman

Megamorph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When this creature is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Commander 2019
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#6321
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Ainok Survivalist card art
Ainok Survivalist enters the battlefield and immediately destroys an artifact or enchantment — the morph cost is the price of admission, not a drawback. In Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer builds it draws a card on the way in, and in Yedora, Grave Gardener lists it doubles as a recurring threat that comes back as a Forest, making it one of the most efficient two-for-ones available to green morph strategies.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

93.2% of decks · synergy 0.91

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer draws a card the first time a face-down creature enters each turn, so Ainok Survivalist nets a card and kills an artifact or enchantment for a total of three mana — that's removal that replaces itself, which is exactly what a tempo-focused morph deck wants.

02
Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

85.4% of decks · synergy 0.84

Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods rewards you for turning face-down creatures face up, and Ainok Survivalist converts that trigger into a removal spell, giving the deck a clean answer to problem permanents that also advances the morph-flip game plan.

03
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade

Kaust, Eyes of the Glade

83.6% of decks · synergy 0.83

Kaust, Eyes of the Glade cares about creatures being cast face down and face up, and Ainok Survivalist's unmorph doubles as a removal trigger that slots cleanly into that value loop.

04
Yedora, Grave Gardener

Yedora, Grave Gardener

72.7% of decks · synergy 0.72

When Ainok Survivalist dies under Yedora, Grave Gardener, it returns as a face-down Forest — a land that can be unmorphed again later to destroy another artifact or enchantment, creating a loop of recurring disruption from the graveyard.

05
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma

Vannifar, Evolved Enigma

24.5% of decks · synergy 0.24

Vannifar, Evolved Enigma values morph creatures as flexible pieces that disguise their identity until the moment matters, and Ainok Survivalist fills the removal slot in that shell without telegraphing anything while it sits face down.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Ainok Survivalist actually belongs — artifact and enchantment hate on a morph body is a solved problem in that format, and the card slots into any green morph commander list without a second thought. In Pauper it's legal and technically playable, but dedicated removal like Gleeful Sabotage or Viridian Shaman exists at common and does the job more efficiently. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have access to far faster and more versatile interaction, so Ainok Survivalist doesn't compete there except in highly niche tribal or morph builds that almost no one is running.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Yedora, Grave GardenerPhyrexian AltarAinok Survivalist

Yedora, Grave GardenerPhyrexian AltarAinok Survivalist

Lock; Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents control; Destroy all artifacts and enchantments that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control; Infinite death triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Ainok Survivalist is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any dollar bin or as a throw-in from nearly any order. The price is stable because demand is narrow but consistent, driven almost entirely by Commander morph decks, and there's no realistic scenario where it climbs.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.