Ajani's Pridemate

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Ajani's Pridemate: Creature - Cat Soldier, Foundations Jumpstart. Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Cat Soldier
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Released
2024-11-15
Collector number
158
Artist
Svetlin Velinov
Commander rank
2,621 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Ajani's Pridemate

Ajani's Pridemate is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 158 in that set, with art by Svetlin Velinov. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 13 sets, from Magic 2011 (2010) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"When one of us prospers, the pride prospers." -Jazal Goldmane

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ajani's Pridemate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Ajani's Pridemate

Ajani's Pridemate has been printed in 13 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #FDN-135Uncommon2026
Foundations (FDN) #135Uncommon2024
Foundations (FDN) #293Uncommon2024
Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #52Uncommon2024
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #142Uncommon2022
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #290Special2021
The List (PLST) #WAR-4Uncommon2019
War of the Spark (WAR) #4Uncommon2019
Core Set 2019 (M19) #5Uncommon2018
Iconic Masters (IMA) #5Uncommon2017
Magic 2015 (M15) #2Uncommon2014
Commander 2013 (C13) #3Uncommon2013

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Ajani's Pridemate, newest first.

  • 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.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Ajani's Pridemate's ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
  • 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, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
  • The ability of Ajani's Pridemate triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Dazzling Angel or 4 life from Apothecary Stomper.
  • 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 Ajani's Pridemate's ability triggers only once.

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