Ajani's Influence
Sorcery
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a white card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #18944
Ajani's Influence puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature and gains you 3 life for three mana — the body of the effect is real, but three mana as a one-time sorcery is too slow for competitive Commander tables. It's a bulk rare for a reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ajani's Influence is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in almost none of them. In Commander it competes with green's +1/+1 counter staples that do more for the same or less mana, and the life gain doesn't move the needle in a 40-life format. Modern and Legacy have long since moved past three-mana sorceries that don't generate card advantage or change the board state decisively. Oathbreaker is the one fringe home, where a white-green lifegain or counter-focused signature spell package could slot it in, but even there better options exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Ajani's Influence sits firmly in bulk rare territory and is unlikely to climb without a significant shift in the competitive landscape. Pick it up freely from a bulk bin, but don't go out of your way to acquire it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.