Ajani, Caller of the Pride
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Posted on July 6, 2012, 2:27 a.m. by pheonix_222
I'm just starting to play with Ajani, Caller of the Pride .
He's awesome. I can see a lifegain token deck with Parallel Lives in standard doing very well. He almost protects himself with those counters.
His Ultimate is CRAZY, it's a serious clock.
Leaf-steel says... #3
Doubling Season doesn't start him with 8 counters as he merely enters with them, not enter then have them put/added.on. However, using his +1 will give two +1/+1 counters and add two loyalty counters onto him giving him 6 before an opponent can respond. Deck does seem quite fun though.
July 6, 2012 2:36 a.m.
pheonix_222 says... #4
Actually, since the planeswalker abilities are costs creating counters they don't get double.
However, planeswalkers are treated as though they have the text "enter with X loyalty counters". So Doubling Season, doubles them upon entering.
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=369224
July 6, 2012 2:40 a.m.
Leaf-steel says... #5
Christ, am I a genius. Thanks for the enlightenment. That's possibly 20 tokens on turn 2 then.
July 6, 2012 2:43 a.m.
pheonix_222 says... #7
not quite, because Doubling Season is a 5-drop, but 4 or 5 would be totally possible.
July 6, 2012 2:47 a.m.
Leaf-steel says... #8
Yeah, I'm out of it. It's too late. But still, it's easily possible to keep 20 by then against control and whatnot.
July 6, 2012 3 a.m.
pheonix_222 says... #11
+1 abilities have "Put a loyalty counter on this planeswalker" as a cost, not an effect: you can tell because it's before the colon.
112.3b Activated abilities have a cost and an effect. They are written as "[Cost]: [Effect][Activation instructions (if any).]"
606.4. The cost to activate a loyalty ability of a permanent is to put on or remove from that permanent a certain number of loyalty counters, as shown by the loyalty symbol in the ability's cost.
pheonix_222 says... #2
with Doubling Season on the field he enters with 8 counters! enough to pull off his ultimate.
Modern just got something serious to play with as well.
Here's my modern deck trying to exploit him: deck:the-season-of-doubling.
July 6, 2012 2:29 a.m.