Ajani Unyielding
Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
+2: Reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all nonland permanent cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
−2: Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
−9: Put five +1/+1 counters on each creature you control and five loyalty counters on each other planeswalker you control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Aether Revolt Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10221
Ajani Unyielding hits the board and immediately replaces itself — the +2 exiles a nonland permanent without targeting, and the -2 digs three cards deep for creatures and planeswalkers, making it a threat that generates value the turn it lands. Six mana is a real ask, but Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef's counter-doubling means Ajani Unyielding reaches its ultimate faster than the number on the box suggests.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef doubles loyalty counters placed on planeswalkers, which means Ajani Unyielding's +2 effectively becomes a +4 — putting the game-ending -9 ultimate a single activation away on the turn it enters.
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 |
Commander is where Ajani Unyielding earns its keep, specifically in Selesnya or broadly green-white shells that want repeatable removal and card selection stapled to a single permanent. Six mana is slow for competitive tables but perfectly acceptable at mid-power, and the -2 fueling creature or planeswalker chains fits naturally in go-wide or superfriends strategies. In Pioneer and Modern, six mana is too slow for formats where games end on turns four and five, and the ability suite doesn't compensate — there are cheaper planeswalkers doing more relevant work at lower costs. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but practically irrelevant; Ajani Unyielding won't see a table there.
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Price Context
Current price
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.