Ajani's Response
Instant
This spell costs 
less to cast if it targets a tapped creature.
Destroy target creature.
Ajani no longer wanted to swing his axe in battle, but nothing came easier to him than defending those who needed protection.
Card details
- Shown printing
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
- Artist
- April Prime
- Color identity
- White
- Colors
- White
- Mana value
- 5
- First released
- April 24, 2026
- Printings
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #17063 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.17 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- Standard BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- FutureLegal
Rulings (1)
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Ajani's Response's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
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