There was a couple of translations in there, but this seems to be the winner:
Ajani, the unshakable 4WG
+2 Reveal the top 3 cards from your library, put all nonland permanents in your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order
-2 Exile target creature, its controller gains life equal its power
-9 put 5 +1+1 counters on each creature you control and 5 loyalty counters on each other planeswalker you control
Starting loyalty 4
Ajani the unshakeable (probally)
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+2: revel the top 3 cards of your library. Put all nonland permanents in your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
-2: Exile target creature. It's controller gains life equals to its power.
-9: Put 5 +1/+1 counters on each creature you control and 5 loyalties counters on each other planeswalker you control
Loyalty 4
Turn 5 -- Sweeper
Turn 6 -- Ajani, then either +2 to dig for more walkers, creatures, or Stasis Snares, or -2 to Swords your opponent's only creature after the sweeper.
Dat ultimate...Instant way to ult just about any other planeswalker in Standard. Though the VAST majority of people playing him are just going to alternate between his +2 and -2.
Supa-friends! Supa-friends! Supa-friends! (in the chant of "Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!..."
Most of the Super Friends decks I play (& play against) rely on token creatures to do their biddings while the PW's create shenanigans. So the Ultimate is just insane.
Seams that R&D wanted another G/W Ajani, opposed to a more aggressive R/G Ajani.
On another note... look at all those blue ribbons. Must be Aetherborn Support Day...
That +2 is insane in my opinion. Put all the gas into your hand within the top three cards. The -2 protects himself like any good planeswalker should. And his ultimate is pretty good even if you just have dudes in play and no other walkers. 8/10 for the commander format from me
Unless I'm missing something, he seems bad in EDH, bad in Modern. I don't know enough about Standard, but doesn't seem good considering the high cost.
This will be a sub 5 dollar planeswalker a few months after release.
Edit: This feels like one of those planeswalkers in the starter decks that is supposed to not be competitive.
Agreed on all points. He seems par for powerful planeswalkers, but really slow, which cuts him out of modern and standard. On the plus side, I think he'll be fine for EDH - 'walkers are more of a swiss army knife than a bomb, and he offers a lot of options, most importantly draw and built in Swords to Plowshares. As long as the 'walker looks like it won't ult, most players in my experience ignore them (with the exception of Mindsculptor and Liliana of the Veil). So, I'm glad it will be cheap for casual.
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Commander:
Aurelia the Warleader - Combat Tricks and Swarm
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic - Lifegain/Lifedrain Pillowfort
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice - Token Assault
Meren of Clan Nel Toth - Reanimator Value
Mizzix - Out of the Box Spellslinger
No Doubling Season-ing into his ult
(though it does improve his ult if you get there).
I'll have to try it,
but this seems not worth 6 mana.
Repeatable StP is obviously great,
but his (hard-to-reach) ult does absolutely nothing on an empty board
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
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Its not pushed, but it does what it wants to do, draw cards and repeatable removal.
Thats certainly strong enough, but its nothing you want to build a deck around and with all the "haste" and flash creatures in standard, it probably wont even be that crazy (as its fairly easy to kill him after a turn, so the 6 mana is only really worth after he gets 2+ activations).
Looks like a 5$ planeswalker, it simply wont really matter in any constructed deck, if at all as a 1-of.
If this doesn't see competitive Standard play, I'd be shocked. Seriously, build your deck with a lot of permanents, and just -2 and +2 him all day. The cards are all there already. Stasis Snare, the Oaths, tons of value green creatures, great GWx planeswalkers, KLD artifacts, etc. Only amateurs will built their decks with both Ajani and a bunch of instants and sorceries. His +2 will reliably hit 1-2 cards, and his -2 will consistently frustrate opponents.
EDIT: Don't expect flash decks to be a thing next Standard when Yahenni's Expertise hits.
He only seems viable in Standard, and even then I don't think he will wreck house. Everywhere else he's trash. Even in EDH. Paying 6 mana to Swords To Plowshares and probably not be able to activate him again because he'll be dead isn't efficient at all. The plus will miss. It doesn't even net you lands, that's just nonsense. Even Swords to Plowshares two times for 4WG doesn't seem that good, and that will not happen often. Even in limited he's not that great because the plus will miss a lot.
The ultimate doesn't do anything unless you are already winning.
I am really disappointed about this. If Tezzert is this power level, I will be severely bummed.
He only seems viable in Standard, and even then I don't think he will wreck house. Everywhere else he's trash. Even in EDH. Paying 6 mana to Swords To Plowshares and probably not be able to activate him again because he'll be dead isn't efficient at all. The plus will miss. It doesn't even net you lands, that's just nonsense. Even Swords to Plowshares two times for 4WG doesn't seem that good, and that will not happen often. Even in limited he's not that great because the plus will miss a lot.
The ultimate doesn't do anything unless you are already winning.
I am really disappointed about this. If Tezzert is this power level, I will be severely bummed.
Yeah, that's exactly why no planeswalker ever sees any EDH play ever. The opponent will always and forever have exactly the board state needed to deal with them, and sadly people who play something as dumb as planeswalkers in EDH aren't smart enough to protect them or build their decks around them.
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You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
Art is sweet. Card itself seems like it could go in standard? I mean 6cmc Chandra made it work. Besides that his +2 is great when you end up using it late game to filter away all your lands and the StP is obviously useful.
Not pushed by any means but will see EDH and probably standard.
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Modern: RG Titanshift. A deck made of cards too stupid for EDH.
Retired: Lots. More than I feel you should suffer through or I should type out.
I don't think this will see much play anywhere outside of Limited. Low loyalty plus a pretty mediocre defensive ability is never a good combo on a 6-mana planeswalker. The +2 is pretty powerful, so I think it'll do fine as a 1- or 2-of in some kind of GW/x midrange deck in Standard. It looks like an absolute bomb in limited though and could very well end up being the best card in the set.
Ob Nixilis, Reignited is pretty similar to this guy, but usable in a color combination that's already widely played and at one mana less, and he still doesn't get maindecked often.
This might be a less powerful format than INN/RTR(/M14) or RTR/THS standard, but I'm not expecting to see Ajani 6.0 make much standard impact unless Aether Revolt gives GW midrange/tap-out control decks a few more toys to play with.
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
His draw ability is a lot more powerful than Sorin, Grim Nemesis, so he'll probably fit into Standard somewhere. I'm thinking he's a decent 1-of for white Aetherworks Marvel decks, both as something to hit off an activation and something to find the namesake card.
Wow... Ajani, Mentor of Heroes just got replaced in my EDH deck, this new one's filter/CA mode is so much better, and I can get removal in the same card? Aw yeah. And counters for Sigarda? I'm a narrow target market here, but I could not be happier.
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Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
For standard if Midrangey decks are popular I could see this guy doing decent work. Alternating exile your best creature into draw 1.5 cards will break a board stall pretty fast. Maybe a junk Delirium deck could use him? Or if a deck can Fumigate into Ajani. Realistically he is about the same powerlevel as the newest Jace (and very similar in abilities really) so he'll probably see a similar amount of play.
There was a couple of translations in there, but this seems to be the winner:
Ajani, the unshakable 4WG
+2 Reveal the top 3 cards from your library, put all nonland permanents in your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order
-2 Exile target creature, its controller gains life equal its power
-9 put 5 +1+1 counters on each creature you control and 5 loyalty counters on each other planeswalker you control
Starting loyalty 4
From gabrielporfirio's thread, at the 0:30 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3kRAfD55W0&app=desktop
4gw
+2: revel the top 3 cards of your library. Put all nonland permanents in your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
-2: Exile target creature. It's controller gains life equals to its power.
-9: Put 5 +1/+1 counters on each creature you control and 5 loyalties counters on each other planeswalker you control
Loyalty 4
Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v3kRAfD55W0
Merged with already existing thread
Turn 5 -- Sweeper
Turn 6 -- Ajani, then either +2 to dig for more walkers, creatures, or Stasis Snares, or -2 to Swords your opponent's only creature after the sweeper.
Dat ultimate...Instant way to ult just about any other planeswalker in Standard. Though the VAST majority of people playing him are just going to alternate between his +2 and -2.
You cast him for 4WG, and then minus him to Swords to Plowshares. You now only have 2 remaining loyalty.
His plus is decent, but can and will whiff sometimes (i.e. revealing Plains, Forest, Explosive Vegetation).
Unless I'm missing something, he seems bad in EDH, bad in Modern. I don't know enough about Standard, but doesn't seem good considering the high cost.
This will be a sub 5 dollar planeswalker a few months after release.
Edit: This feels like one of those planeswalkers in the starter decks that is supposed to not be competitive.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
Most of the Super Friends decks I play (& play against) rely on token creatures to do their biddings while the PW's create shenanigans. So the Ultimate is just insane.
Seams that R&D wanted another G/W Ajani, opposed to a more aggressive R/G Ajani.
On another note... look at all those blue ribbons. Must be Aetherborn Support Day...
U Azami, Lady of Scrolls - Knowledge is Power U [Primer]
R Heartless Hidetsugu - The Art of Ending Games R
GB Ishkanah, Grafwidow - The Cluster HungersBG
Agreed on all points. He seems par for powerful planeswalkers, but really slow, which cuts him out of modern and standard. On the plus side, I think he'll be fine for EDH - 'walkers are more of a swiss army knife than a bomb, and he offers a lot of options, most importantly draw and built in Swords to Plowshares. As long as the 'walker looks like it won't ult, most players in my experience ignore them (with the exception of Mindsculptor and Liliana of the Veil). So, I'm glad it will be cheap for casual.
Commander:
Aurelia the Warleader - Combat Tricks and Swarm
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic - Lifegain/Lifedrain Pillowfort
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice - Token Assault
Meren of Clan Nel Toth - Reanimator Value
Mizzix - Out of the Box Spellslinger
Standard:
RB Madness Vamps
Casual:
Formerly Modern Elfball
(though it does improve his ult if you get there).
I'll have to try it,
but this seems not worth 6 mana.
Repeatable StP is obviously great,
but his (hard-to-reach) ult does absolutely nothing on an empty board
Ajani Steadfast is still my favorite Superfriends enabler.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Its not pushed, but it does what it wants to do, draw cards and repeatable removal.
Thats certainly strong enough, but its nothing you want to build a deck around and with all the "haste" and flash creatures in standard, it probably wont even be that crazy (as its fairly easy to kill him after a turn, so the 6 mana is only really worth after he gets 2+ activations).
Looks like a 5$ planeswalker, it simply wont really matter in any constructed deck, if at all as a 1-of.
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EDIT: Don't expect flash decks to be a thing next Standard when Yahenni's Expertise hits.
3BB
Sorcery
You lose the game.
The ultimate doesn't do anything unless you are already winning.
I am really disappointed about this. If Tezzert is this power level, I will be severely bummed.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
Yeah, that's exactly why no planeswalker ever sees any EDH play ever. The opponent will always and forever have exactly the board state needed to deal with them, and sadly people who play something as dumb as planeswalkers in EDH aren't smart enough to protect them or build their decks around them.
"I hope to have such a death... lying in triumph atop the broken bodies of those who slew me..."
Not pushed by any means but will see EDH and probably standard.
BRGKresh the BloodbraidedBRG, A box of lands and ideas.
Modern:
RG Titanshift. A deck made of cards too stupid for EDH.
Retired: Lots. More than I feel you should suffer through or I should type out.
UR Blue-Red Control
Modern:
UBR Grixis Control
UWR Jeskai Control
Garruk, Caller of Beasts saw play, but only alongside Elvish Mystic/Arbor Elf/Elvish Archdruid or Burning-Tree Emissary/Voyaging Satyr/Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx. Granted, Garruk doesn't protect himself as well, but his minus ability is also much less fair.
This might be a less powerful format than INN/RTR(/M14) or RTR/THS standard, but I'm not expecting to see Ajani 6.0 make much standard impact unless Aether Revolt gives GW midrange/tap-out control decks a few more toys to play with.
The -2 is obviously Swords to Plowshares. Always good, and probably enough for this to see EDH play.
Wow, dat -9. Obvious comparison to an active Beastmaster Ascension (though again, better) is obvious. And Doubling Season curves into Ajani.
On phasing:
For Standard... Aren't PW having a rough time because of Vehicles? And Ajani certainly doesn't fix that problem!
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
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