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Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer

Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

Ayesha Tanaka wants a deck that puts expensive cards onto the battlefield without paying for them. It also works in a deck built around Artificers, Humans or Library Manipulation.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhiteblue
  • White, Blue ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 4
  • RarityRare

Whenever Ayesha Tanaka attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of artifact cards with mana value less than or equal to Ayesha Tanaka's power from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Ayesha Tanaka can't be blocked as long as defending player controls three or more artifacts.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer

Picked for what they do in Ayesha Tanaka's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Ayesha Tanaka's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer

explain how Ayesha Tanaka works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

Ayesha's power is checked only once, as the triggered ability resolves. If it is no longer on the battlefield at that point, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

Each of the artifact cards needs to have mana value less than or equal to Ayesha's Power. It's not the total mana value of all the artifact cards.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Ayesha Tanaka, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWUPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Cheat into PlayCheat into Play decks put huge creatures and other expensive cards onto the battlefield without paying their mana costs. A card says "put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield", and an eight-mana dragon is attacking on turn three. Sneak Attack Kaalia of the Vast Natural OrderOpen the Cheat into Play pageCheat into PlayPuts permanents straight onto the battlefield without casting them, from your deck, your hand or your graveyard. Skipping the cast skips the mana cost, and counterspells with it. Genesis Wave, Coiling OracleOpen the Cheat into Play pageCard SelectionImproves what you draw rather than how much: you look at the top few cards of your library and decide what stays on top. Ponder lets you rearrange the top three, Serum Visions lets you scry, and Consider lets you surveil. It makes your draws more reliable without giving you extra cards.Open the Card Selection pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation page