Ajani, Strength of the Pride Price
5 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2019
Ajani, Strength of the Pride has been printed 5 times across 4 sets, first in 2019 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Core Set 2020 #2 at $8.60, while the most expensive is Core Set 2020 Promos #2s at $52.00 — about 6× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $11.29. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like Jumpstart 2022, The List.
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Every Ajani, Strength of the Pride Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Set 2020 #2 (M) Cheapest | 2019 | $8.60 | $8.50 |
| Jumpstart 2022 #141 (M) | 2022 | $10.78 | $8.00 |
| The List #M20-2 (M) | 2022 | $11.29 | $7.50 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos #2p (M) | 2019 | $11.84 | $9.50 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos #2s (M) Foil | 2019 | $52.00 | $26.00 foil |
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−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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
8 PrecedentsIf 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.