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Ajani, the Greathearted

Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani

Creatures you control have vigilance.
+1: You gain 3 life.
−2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{G}{W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
rare
Set
War of the Spark
Price
$1.14
EDHREC rank
#3848
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Ajani, the Greathearted card art
Ajani, the Greathearted lands and immediately gives every creature you control a +1/+1 counter and vigilance — that's board-wide impact at four mana without waiting a turn cycle. Teferi, Master of Time he is not, but in a counters-or-lifegain shell alongside something like Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef, that static ability alone justifies the slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's ChampionMaster Chef

Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef

33.7% of decks · synergy 0.27

Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef doubles counters placed on creatures, which means Ajani, the Greathearted's passive turns every counter trigger into two — the combination snowballs a board faster than either piece does alone.

02
Arahbo, Roar of the World

Arahbo, Roar of the World

29.7% of decks · synergy 0.23

Arahbo, Roar of the World wants cats hitting hard and often, and Ajani, the Greathearted's vigilance anthem lets the whole pride swing without tapping down, keeping blockers up while Arahbo's eminence pumps the alpha striker.

03
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

28.1% of decks · synergy 0.21

Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn converts life gain into +1/+1 counters at end of turn, and Ajani, the Greathearted's minus ability feeds that loop while his passive ensures every counter placed by Lathiel stacks on a creature that can immediately attack without tapping.

04
Rin and Seri, Inseparable

Rin and Seri, Inseparable

15.5% of decks · synergy 0.14

Rin and Seri, Inseparable generates cats and dogs at combat, and Ajani, the Greathearted's vigilance grant keeps that growing token army available to both attack and block, maximizing the triggers Rin and Seri need to build a lethal board.

05
Kethis, the Hidden Hand

Kethis, the Hidden Hand

13.8% of decks · synergy 0.13

Kethis, the Hidden Hand cares about legendaries, and Ajani, the Greathearted is a legendary permanent that Kethis can recur from the graveyard — fitting him into a legendary-dense shell gives him a second life and keeps the counter anthem available across multiple games within a game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Ajani, the Greathearted earns his slot in dedicated counters or lifegain builds — the passive is always on, and the minus feeds both gameplans simultaneously. He is not a generalist: a table that ignores your board gives his minus time to matter, but competitive pods will remove him before the ultimate ever becomes relevant. In Pioneer and Modern, five-loyalty planeswalkers at four mana are evaluated on immediate protection or game-ending threats, and Ajani, the Greathearted provides neither — he is too slow and too passive for those formats. Legacy and Vintage have access to him but would never touch him over the raw power available. Oathbreaker is where the passive shines brightest as a signature-spell-plus-commander package in a counters shell.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.14 cheap tier

At $1.14, Ajani, the Greathearted is firmly budget territory — easy to pick up without a second thought for any counters or lifegain Commander build. Don't expect the price to move; it's a four-year-old rare with niche demand and no competitive application pulling it upward.

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