Card

Qala, Ajani's Pridemate

Mana cost {3}{W}

Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior 3/3

Whenever Qala attacks, other attacking creatures you control get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of counters on Qala. Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Qala. {3}{W}: You gain 1 life.

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 6 known combos. 6 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Uncommon · J25 · #32
Cheapest printing
€0.23
EDHREC salt
0.09
Color identity
White

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

6 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
    In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Qala's second ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
  • 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
    Qala's second ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Dazzling Angel or 4 life from Apothecary Stomper.
  • 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
    The value of X is calculated only once, as Qala's first ability resolves.
  • 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Qala's second ability triggers only once.
  • 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
    If Qala is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its second ability in time to save it.
  • 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
    Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Qala's second ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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