Essence of Ajani
Card Information
Type: Emblem
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
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Oracle Text
(As this spell resolves, put it into the command zone.) Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- November 8, 2024
Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
You can cast Essence of Ajani as a spell. If the spell is countered, it is put into its owner’s graveyard. But if the spell resolves, its owner puts it into the command zone.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as {T} and {W}. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
Emblem isn’t a card type. (Essence of Ajani is still a card, though.)
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
It doesn’t matter who controlled an emblem spell as it resolved; once it’s put into the command zone, the emblem’s owner controls its abilities.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.