Ajani, Outland Chaperone
Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
+1: Create a 1/1 green and white Kithkin creature token.
−2: Ajani deals 4 damage to target tapped creature.
−8: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your life total. You may put any number of nonland permanent cards with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos
- Price
- $6.08
- EDHREC rank
- #13036
Ajani, Outland Chaperone lands as a five-mana anthem that pumps your whole board, digs for creatures with power 3 or greater, and threatens a game-ending emblem — that's a lot of card for the cost. Brigid, Clachan's Heart decks run it at over 40% inclusion for good reason: it does real work without asking much in return.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart cares about having a wide, powerful board, and Ajani, Outland Chaperone delivers both an immediate anthem and a tutor effect that finds the next threat — the 41% inclusion rate reflects how naturally these two operate together.
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah decks lean into the Ajani planeswalker theme, and Ajani, Outland Chaperone slots in as redundant top-end that keeps the board growing while the deck assembles its pieces.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ajani, Outland Chaperone fits cleanly into white-green creature decks that want a five-mana threat with immediate board impact — the +1 pumps your team, the -2 digs for a fatty, and the emblem closes games if Ajani, Outland Chaperone survives a turn cycle. Outside Commander, the card sees almost no competitive play: Modern, Pioneer, and Standard have faster, more consistent options at this mana value, and Ajani, Outland Chaperone's power is too incremental for those formats. It's a Commander-first card that earns its slot there but is unlikely to cross over.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If you want the anthem effect more cheaply, Glorious Anthem or Cathar's Crusade cover the +1/+1 side of what Ajani, Outland Chaperone does at a lower mana cost, though neither replaces the card-selection piece. For the creature-tutor angle, Finale of Devastation offers a more explosive payoff at comparable cost, but it doesn't double as a repeatable pump — the trade-off is ceiling versus consistency.
Price Context
Current price
$6.08 mid tier
At $6.08, Ajani, Outland Chaperone sits in mid-tier planeswalker pricing — expensive enough to be a deliberate include, cheap enough that it's not a barrier for most Commander budgets. It's a niche card with a defined home, so the price is unlikely to spike without a reprint or a new synergistic commander pushing demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
- Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.