USD
$0.11
USD foil
$0.23
EUR
€0.07
MTGO
0.03 tix
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.
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS #6)
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana value
- 5
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Artist
- April Prime
- EDHREC rank
- #18,173
- Colour identity
- 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
0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Not legal
Pauper EDH
Legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Rulings
- 2026-03-20
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.