Card
Ayara, First of Locthwain
Mana cost {B}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble 2/3
Whenever Ayara or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {T}, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.
Part of 34 known combos, one of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · ELD · #75
- Cheapest printing
- €3.99
- EDHREC salt
- 0.41
- Color identity
- Black
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Plague of Vermin
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Plague of Vermin
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Plague of Vermin (none of them early)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
34 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Ayara, First of Locthwain
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Ayara, First of Locthwain + Plague of Vermin
Produces: Near-infinite creature tokens for all players, Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite lifegain
View on Commander Spellbook - Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ayara, First of Locthwain
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite death triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Ayara's first ability causes the opposing team to lose 1 life twice, and you gain 1 life once.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast