Ojutai, Soul of Winter
Legendary Creature — Dragon
Flying, vigilance
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. That permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.55
- EDHREC rank
- #8797
Ojutai, Soul of Winter locks down every nonland permanent an opponent controls whenever a Dragon you own attacks — a triggered tap effect that, at seven mana, needs a critical mass of Dragons in play to be worth the slot. In The Ur-Dragon shells where that critical mass arrives reliably, Ojutai, Soul of Winter can lock out entire boards in the red zone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Ur-Dragon
The Ur-Dragon generates exactly the Dragon density Ojutai, Soul of Winter demands — when you're attacking with four or five Dragons at once, each trigger taps down a different opponent's board, turning combat into a one-sided affair where your opponents can't block or use their best permanents in response.
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 |
Ojutai, Soul of Winter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but outside of Commander the conversation is short: seven mana for a creature with no immediate board impact is unplayable in any competitive 60-card format. Commander is where it lives, and specifically in Dragon tribal — outside that archetype, the trigger condition almost never fires. Even within Dragon tribal, it competes for a slot against cheaper, more resilient threats, so it belongs in decks that consistently go wide with Dragons rather than those that rely on one or two big ones.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.55 bulk tier
At $0.55, Ojutai, Soul of Winter is a bulk rare — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk status is likely to hold; demand is narrow enough that reprints won't crater it further, but there's no pressure pushing the price up either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.