From MTG Korea's facebook page. Apparently this is one of the AER planeswalker deck cards.
Translation found on Reddit:
Ajani, Valorous Protector 4GW
+2 : Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.
+1 : Reveal the top card of your library until a creature card is revealed. Put it into your hand and put all other cards revealed this way onto the bottom of your library in a random order.
-11 : Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is equal to your life total. That creature gains trample until end of turn.
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
I thought theyre gonna start with the mono WUBRG first before going for color combos for the PW decks... but seeing when the main set Ajani dropped, there seems to be no pattern.
I wonder whose the second Neowalker to get a PW deck in AER. :*
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This was pretty close to being the reason that intro deck higher than MSRP. I personally like Mentor of Heroes more than this, but this was damn close to great. Either the ultimate being less and/or the cost being one less and WoTC would have had a slight problem on their hands (in that they said the intro deck ones would be worse than normal and making this hard to get a hold of without getting the deck).
The ultimate is pretty cringe worthy. Assuming that you play this turn 6, it won't be until turn 10 that you can actually use the ultimate (assuming both that your opponent hasn't dealt damage to him and you haven't done things to speed up counters). What is the average life total at turn 10? Even if you do get it off, your opponent can kill the creature you want to buff in response. How many PW ultimates can be countered by murder?
This Ajani isn't nearly as atrocious as the other PW deck 'walkers, but I find it kind of crazy that anyone thinks this is better than "+2: Draw up to 3 cards" and "-2: Swords to Plowshares" Ajani. Not to mention that that version's ultimate is far better than this one.
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"Pop in, find a dragon, roast a dragon."
-Chandra Nalaar
This Ajani isn't nearly as atrocious as the other PW deck 'walkers, but I find it kind of crazy that anyone thinks this is better than "+2: Draw up to 3 cards" and "-2: Swords to Plowshares" Ajani. Not to mention that that version's ultimate is far better than this one.
Yeah, I can't tell if people are just trolling or are legitimately that bad at evaluating new cards.
Interesting design, consider that Ajani in the past has been very "broad love" in his approach, but this one seems to emphasize on making ONE hero great.
1) Whoooo... so far all of the PW's have a 6cc (kinda pricey, to me 4 or 5 is the sweet spot)
2) Crazy how we're seeing some previews this early... have there been previews in the past December's (not including gimme's on posters) this early?
It was plainly spelled out that the Planeswalker Deck PWS are going to be costed so as not to see much play in Standard, they're meant for beginners. The "sweet spot" is for the regular PWs.
I'm guessing Ajani's deck revolves around Fabricate, much as Chandra's revolved around Vehicles and Nissa's revolved around Energy.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
This Ajani isn't nearly as atrocious as the other PW deck 'walkers, but I find it kind of crazy that anyone thinks this is better than "+2: Draw up to 3 cards" and "-2: Swords to Plowshares" Ajani. Not to mention that that version's ultimate is far better than this one.
Yeah, I can't tell if people are just trolling or are legitimately that bad at evaluating new cards.
I think people are just grading both cards on different curves, as am I. The StP Ajani is the "constructed" Ajani that will be harder to get, more expensive, and compete with other cards in standard. This is the "PW deck" Ajani that will be very cheap, easily accessible, and more likely to compete in casual. And he has a surprisingly cool +1 ability, an Evolutionary Leap without requiring the creature sacrifice. And Ajani Unyielding's ultimate, while awesome, requires having other PWs in play to be clearly better than this one. This is likely a game-ending Hatred but without the risk of killing yourself plus giving the creature trample to avoid chumps. It's close to "win the game if you have a single creature" which is pretty impressive.
Card isn't great, but fine for a PW deck walker (better than Nissa/Chandra) and is fairly interesting in his own right thanks to that cool +1. As an EDH player, I would obviously prefer Superfriends Ajani, but this one could serve a purpose too in a different kind of deck.
Translation found on Reddit:
Ajani, Valorous Protector 4GW
+2 : Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.
+1 : Reveal the top card of your library until a creature card is revealed. Put it into your hand and put all other cards revealed this way onto the bottom of your library in a random order.
-11 : Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is equal to your life total. That creature gains trample until end of turn.
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I kind of like the +1, actually.
That ultimate is one of the most hilariously overcosted and terrible things I've ever seen, though.
-Chandra Nalaar
but they worded it just right to avoid chicanery.
This is still way better than the previous two.
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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
But nah, this has to be slightly better.
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
Standard: BG Golgari Midrange
Modern: U Merfolk GWUBR 5 Color Humans UBW Esper Gifts GW Bogles
I wonder whose the second Neowalker to get a PW deck in AER. :*
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-Chandra Nalaar
He was saying way better than the other two PW-deck cards, the Kaladesh Nissa and Chandra. Not way better than the other Selesnya Ajani's.
Yeah, I can't tell if people are just trolling or are legitimately that bad at evaluating new cards.
Total Characters Gatewatch
W 11 4 4
U 10 4 7
B 8 3 5
R 12 5 8
G 11 3 6
WU 3 3
WB 4 2
WR 2 2
GW 3 1
GU 2 1
GB 2 2
GR 4 4
UB 2 2
UR 3 3
RB 2 2
-Color 2 2
GWU 1 1
GUR 1 1
UBR 1 1
Total 84
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
1) Whoooo... so far all of the PW's have a 6cc (kinda pricey, to me 4 or 5 is the sweet spot)
2) Crazy how we're seeing some previews this early... have there been previews in the past December's (not including gimme's on posters) this early?
I'm guessing Ajani's deck revolves around Fabricate, much as Chandra's revolved around Vehicles and Nissa's revolved around Energy.
Kaladesh gave us FireRed and LeafGreen, so I guess this means AER gave us HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
I think people are just grading both cards on different curves, as am I. The StP Ajani is the "constructed" Ajani that will be harder to get, more expensive, and compete with other cards in standard. This is the "PW deck" Ajani that will be very cheap, easily accessible, and more likely to compete in casual. And he has a surprisingly cool +1 ability, an Evolutionary Leap without requiring the creature sacrifice. And Ajani Unyielding's ultimate, while awesome, requires having other PWs in play to be clearly better than this one. This is likely a game-ending Hatred but without the risk of killing yourself plus giving the creature trample to avoid chumps. It's close to "win the game if you have a single creature" which is pretty impressive.
Card isn't great, but fine for a PW deck walker (better than Nissa/Chandra) and is fairly interesting in his own right thanks to that cool +1. As an EDH player, I would obviously prefer Superfriends Ajani, but this one could serve a purpose too in a different kind of deck.
It sounds plain stupid to me. ELEVEN loyalty AND depends on your life total.