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Ayula, Queen Among Bears

Ayula, Queen Among Bears

Legendary Creature — Bear

Ayula wants a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons. It also works in a deck built around Bears.

  • Mana cost1 genericgreen
  • Green ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 2
  • RarityRare

Whenever another Bear you control enters, choose one —

• Put two +1/+1 counters on target Bear.

• Target Bear you control fights target creature you don't control.

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Cards That Fit Ayula, Queen Among Bears

Picked for what they do in Ayula's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Ayula'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 Ayula, Queen Among Bears

explain how Ayula 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 14 Jun 2019

Either of Ayula's modes can target any Bear you control, not just the Bear that entered the battlefield. Ayula can even be the target of its own ability.

Wizards of the Coast 14 Jun 2019

For Ayula's second mode, if either target isn't a creature or is otherwise an illegal target as the ability resolves, no creature will deal or be dealt damage.

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

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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 glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.Typal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageTypal PayoffRewards you for playing lots of one kind of creature. That includes "lords" that make every other Goblin or Merfolk you control bigger, and cards that ask you to choose a creature type and then pay you off for it. A creature type is the word on the middle line of the card, like Goblin, Elf or Zombie.Open the Typal Payoff page+1/+1 CountersPuts +1/+1 counters on creatures, permanently raising their power and toughness. Unlike a temporary boost that wears off at end of turn, these markers stay put and stack up over a long game. Hardened Scales, The Great HengeOpen the +1/+1 Counters pageBearsBears are almost all green, from the classic Grizzly Bears, a two-mana creature with 2 power and 2 toughness, to much bigger ones. Some cards, like Ayula, Queen Among Bears, reward you for playing lots of Bears.Open the Bears page