"Ajani , Strength of the Pride: Make it White , Make it Ajani!"

"Ajani , Strength of the Pride: Make it White , Make it Ajani!"

by:

Virgilio F.De leon Jr.MD

Ajani is the M20 White planeswalker representative. Now that Gideon is dead and Elspeth is well still in the process of reviving. Our good old Leonin has our backs.

So at 4 mana and a starting loyalty counter count of 5. What are the things that matter to Ajani , Strength of the Pride? That thing is Life. Yes. A deck with life gain. Existing Soul Sisters deck would gladly add him in.

Looking at his first ability another thing that matters is that you play a lot of creatures or planeswalkers in your deck. Since this first ability counts the number of creatures you have and your planeswalkers to give you a point of life for each of them. you control 8 soldier tokens and Ajani? thats 9 life! 

And if you don't have a creature in play you could also use Ajani's token generating ability to make an Ajani's Pridemate. Another creature who thrives on the increase in your life. So if you needed you can generate this token and increase your life with the first ability on the next turn. 

But the best reason to play Ajani in this 3rd skill. Yes it does not cost any loyalty counters but it can only be activated if you have 15 or more life than your starting total. Not a problem in dedicated life gain EDH decks at all. And then when the chips are down you could actually use this asymmetrical ability by exiling Ajani and to rid your opponents of their creatures and artifacts because they would come with him. If you have already built up an army of your own you can all have your opponents at your mercy. It goes without saying that with no army in the battlefield the chances of your opponents winning get slimmer and slimmer.

I hate to say it but given the right conditions this is actually a very good advantage over all your enemies.