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Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
USD $3.58
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EUR €2.87
MTGO 0.27 tix

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

{2}{W}{U}

Legendary Creature — Bird Monk

Flying

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ishai.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

1 / 1

FlyingPartner
Set
Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA #53)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Square Enix
EDHREC rank
#4,734
Colour identity
{U}{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.56
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commanderPartner

Combos 2

Dargo, the Shipwrecker+Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker+Cayth, Famed Mechanist+Agatha's Soul Cauldron+Catalyst Elemental
{U}{R}{W}
Infinite commander castsInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite red manaInfinite storm count
Dargo, the Shipwrecker+Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker+Cayth, Famed Mechanist+Agatha's Soul Cauldron+Reckless Barbarian
{U}{R}{W}
Infinite commander castsInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite red manaInfinite storm count

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Empyrean Eagle 53 %+43.4 %
  2. Warden of Evos Isle 45 %+39.1 %
  3. Favorable Winds 42 %+36.9 %
  4. Watcher of the Spheres 42 %+36.3 %
  5. Jubilant Skybonder 41 %+36.0 %
  6. Kastral, the Windcrested 34 %+32.8 %
  7. Kangee, Sky Warden 36 %+31.4 %
  8. Skycat Sovereign 35 %+30.9 %
  9. Winged Words 35 %+30.2 %
  10. Gravitational Shift 33 %+29.4 %
  11. Sephara, Sky's Blade 34 %+28.8 %
  12. Migratory Route 32 %+28.6 %
  13. Thunderclap Wyvern 31 %+27.4 %
  14. Steel-Plume Marshal 29 %+25.8 %
  15. Shatterwing Pegasus 25 %+24.9 %
  16. Esior, Wardwing Familiar 27 %+24.3 %
  17. Emeria Angel 27 %+24.3 %
  18. Bident of Thassa 34 %+23.9 %
  19. Guiding Hydra 25 %+23.5 %
  20. Dazzling Denial 26 %+23.1 %
  21. Cartographer's Hawk 25 %+21.2 %
  22. Rally of Wings 23 %+20.1 %
  23. Disenchant 27 %+20.0 %
  24. Magus of the Moat 21 %+18.7 %
  25. Fatehold Chronologist 20 %+18.2 %
  26. Staggering Insight 22 %+18.1 %
  27. Windreader Sphinx 20 %+18.0 %
  28. Soulcatchers' Aerie 20 %+17.7 %
  29. Negate 45 %+17.6 %
  30. Fatehold Charm 22 %+17.4 %
  31. Sejiri Refuge 24 %+17.4 %
  32. Tide Skimmer 19 %+17.4 %
  33. Absorb 24 %+17.3 %
  34. Kangee's Lieutenant 20 %+17.2 %
  35. Commander's Sphere 31 %+17.0 %
  36. Archon of Redemption 18 %+16.9 %
  37. Isperia, Supreme Judge 18 %+16.0 %
  38. Meandering River 19 %+15.5 %
  39. Aven Gagglemaster 17 %+15.5 %
  40. Tranquil Cove 34 %+15.4 %
  41. Jackdaw Savior 19 %+15.4 %
  42. Soulcatcher 16 %+14.9 %
  43. True Conviction 18 %+14.6 %
  44. Aven Mindcensor 22 %+14.5 %
  45. Plumecreed Escort 17 %+14.2 %
  46. Coastal Tower 16 %+14.1 %
  47. Aetherize 25 %+13.8 %
  48. Mockingbird 18 %+13.2 %
  49. Swiftfoot Boots 39 %+13.2 %
  50. Ghostly Prison 38 %+12.8 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 100 %+4.6 %
  2. Island 100 %+4.3 %
  3. Sol Ring 83 %-2.5 %
  4. Command Tower 81 %-4.1 %
  5. Arcane Signet 78 %-4.6 %
  6. Swords to Plowshares 75 %+6.2 %
  7. Prairie Stream 64 %-1.2 %
  8. Counterspell 64 %+10.3 %
  9. Glacial Fortress 54 %-10.8 %
  10. Empyrean Eagle 53 %+43.4 %
  11. Azorius Signet 49 %-5.5 %
  12. Port Town 49 %+3.1 %
  13. Path to Exile 49 %-4.5 %
  14. Negate 45 %+17.6 %
  15. Warden of Evos Isle 45 %+39.1 %
  16. Watcher of the Spheres 42 %+36.3 %
  17. Talisman of Progress 42 %-9.1 %
  18. Favorable Winds 42 %+36.9 %
  19. Jubilant Skybonder 41 %+36.0 %
  20. Temple of Enlightenment 41 %+4.6 %
  21. Swiftfoot Boots 39 %+13.2 %
  22. Thought Vessel 39 %-3.4 %
  23. Ghostly Prison 38 %+12.8 %
  24. Kangee, Sky Warden 36 %+31.4 %
  25. Skycat Sovereign 35 %+30.9 %
  26. Dovin's Veto 35 %-5.0 %
  27. Winged Words 35 %+30.2 %
  28. Reliquary Tower 35 %-13.7 %
  29. Propaganda 35 %+7.0 %
  30. Sephara, Sky's Blade 34 %+28.8 %
  31. Bident of Thassa 34 %+23.9 %
  32. Kastral, the Windcrested 34 %+32.8 %
  33. Tranquil Cove 34 %+15.4 %
  34. Generous Gift 33 %+3.5 %
  35. Gravitational Shift 33 %+29.4 %
  36. Migratory Route 32 %+28.6 %
  37. Thunderclap Wyvern 31 %+27.4 %
  38. Commander's Sphere 31 %+17.0 %
  39. Steel-Plume Marshal 29 %+25.8 %
  40. Adarkar Wastes 29 %-17.4 %
  41. Arcane Denial 29 %+2.5 %
  42. Rhystic Study 29 %+6.7 %
  43. Azorius Chancery 28 %-5.9 %
  44. Supreme Verdict 28 %+0.9 %
  45. Esior, Wardwing Familiar 27 %+24.3 %
  46. Disenchant 27 %+20.0 %
  47. Emeria Angel 27 %+24.3 %
  48. Evolving Wilds 26 %+11.2 %
  49. Dazzling Denial 26 %+23.1 %
  50. Hallowed Fountain 26 %-23.6 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2020-11-10

    An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

  • 2020-11-10

    An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.

  • 2020-11-10

    Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

  • 2020-11-10

    If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.

  • 2020-11-10

    If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.

  • 2020-11-10

    Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined.

  • 2020-11-10

    To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability as the game begins. Losing the ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.

  • 2020-11-10

    You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you've cast each from the command zone clear for "commander tax" purposes.

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