Ajani, Strength of the Pride
Ajani, Strength of the Pride: Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani, Jumpstart 2022. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Loyalty
- 5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
- Released
- 2022-12-02
- Collector number
- 141
- Artist
- Chris Rallis
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About Ajani, Strength of the Pride
Ajani, Strength of the Pride is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white legendary planeswalker from Jumpstart 2022 (J22), a draft-focused set released in December 2022. It is collector number 141 in that set, with art by Chris Rallis. It costs {2}{W}{W} (two generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It enters with 5 loyalty. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Core Set 2020 (2019) to Jumpstart 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $10.11 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
[+1]: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control.
[−2]: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token."
[0]: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $10.11 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ajani, Strength of the Pride by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Ajani, Strength of the Pride
Ajani, Strength of the Pride has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #M20-2 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) #2 | Mythic | 2019 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #2p | Mythic | 2019 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #2s | Mythic | 2019 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Ajani, Strength of the Pride, newest first.
- If a planeswalker you control is also a creature (most likely because it's Gideon), it will be counted twice as Ajani's first ability resolves.
- The tokens created by Ajani's second ability are similar to the card Ajani's Pridemate, but they have no mana cost and their mana value is 0.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Ajani's Pridemate's ability to trigger, even though it will cause your team's life total to increase.
- The ability of Ajani's Pridemate triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Impassioned Orator or 4 life from Dawning Angel. If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability of Ajani's Pridemate triggers only once.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, Ajani's last ability exiles permanents as long as your team's life total is greater than your team's starting life total by 15 or more life.
- Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Ajani's Pridemate's ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
- If Ajani's Pridemate is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its ability in time to save it.
- Whether you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total is determined as Ajani's last ability resolves.
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