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Qala, Ajani's Pridemate
Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior · {3}{W} · White commander
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.
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What Qala, Ajani's Pridemate actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Qala attacks, other attacking creatures you control get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of counters on Qala.
- Triggered ability · lifegainWhenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Qala.
- Activated ability{3}{W}: You gain 1 life.
What a Qala, Ajani's Pridemate deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- repeatable lifegain — lifelink, gain-life triggers and Food (every life gained is its trigger)
- counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
- a wide board of creatures and tokens for the team pump
- haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)
The Qala, Ajani's Pridemate deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 16× Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
- 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 6× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Qala, Ajani's Pridemate
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Haunted Cloak3 mana
- Sword of Vengeance3 mana
Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- High Market0 mana
- Zuran Orb0 mana
- Authority of the Consuls1 mana
- Serra Ascendant1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- On Wings of Gold4 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Bilbo's Ring3 mana
- Cliffhaven Kitesail1 mana
- Gryff's Boon1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
- Twilight Drover3 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
- Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion3 mana
- Grateful Apparition2 mana
- Metastatic Evangel2 mana
- Generous Pup2 mana
- Martyr for the Cause2 mana
- Charmed Stray1 mana
- Political Triumph1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Mentor of the Meek3 mana
Combos with Qala, Ajani's Pridemate
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Qala, Ajani's Pridemate is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Qala, Ajani's Pridemate + Shalai And Hallar103 decks
- Qala, Ajani's Pridemate + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Walking Ballista87 decks
- Qala, Ajani's Pridemate + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Triskelion21 decks
- Qala, Ajani's Pridemate + All Will Be One + Exquisite Blood
- Qala, Ajani's Pridemate + All Will Be One + Bloodthirsty Conqueror
- Qala, Ajani's Pridemate + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Deathbringer Thoctar
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