Last updated on July 30, 2025
Sea Gate Loremaster | Illustration by Dave Kendall
Harabaz Druid already caught peoples’ eyes when it started spiking in price about a week ago, but it’s not the only ally card that’s seeing some major gains right now. As Avatar: The Last Airbender approaches in late November, players are getting more excited for the prospects of an ally revival, and current card prices back that up.
Checking in on Harabaz Druid
Harabaz Druid was the card that kicked off the ally hike, and it hasn’t stopped climbing yet. When Draftsim reported on the card last week, it had just started taking of, but now it’s approaching a market price of nearly $13!
Not to rehash that entire piece, Harabaz Druid will likely be the linchpin card of any ally deck that might exist in the future. A mana dork that fixes for a 5-color typal strategy is irreplaceable, and this even scales the amount of mana you make with the number of allies you control. You’re locked into one color at a time, but that should be plenty to power out your Banner of Kinship or Coat of Arms nearly free of charge. And if all it’s doing is color-fixing, that’s fine too.
Jwari Shapeshifter
Jwari Shapeshifter was on the shortlist of other allies that could easily spike. It’s a 2-drop that clones any other ally, which sounds amazing for a creature type that focuses heavily on enters-the-battlefield triggers. A second copy of Kalastria Healer or Murasa Pyromancer sounds like a great time!
The market price on Jwari Shapeshift is still below the $2 mark, but recent sales have been high, with an average price of $7.
One knock against the shapeshifter is that many of the allies coming out of Avatar: The Last Airbender are likely to be legendary, given Universes Beyond‘s tendency to overload on named characters as legendary creatures. Copying a legend might still give you good enough value for 2 mana; if the ETB’s strong enough, you’ll toss a card away to copy it.
Sea Gate Loremaster wanted to get in on the action too, it seems. Similar to Jwari Shapeshifter, it still has a market price of under $2, but it could easily catch up to its recent average price of $5.49. Point is, people are buying these, and the prices are climbing.
This one’s a bit more… dubious. Card draw that scales to your creature type of choice sounds amazing, but a 5-mana 1/3 with a tap ability might be too far in the weeds to save this. Though pairing this with a Chasm Guide and drawing 4-5 cards right away doesn’t sound nearly as bad.
Notably, none of these cards have a realistic shot at being reprinted in the upcoming Avatar set. Universes Beyond sets have to stick to their own IP, and they can’t namedrop Magic names like “Jwari” and “Harabaz” in the set. Maybe there’s something akin enough to “Sea Gate” in the ATLA universe to get away with that one, but they’d still have to match the merfolk creature type to something within Avatar’s narrative (are there merfolk in ATLA?).
They could print Secret Lairs with alternate reskins of cards with Zendikarian backgrounds, so it’s not completely off the table, but for the most part, allies with names and creature types deeply embedded in MTG lore aren’t likely to get reprinted.
Other Allies on Watch
Tazri, Beacon of Unity | Illustration by Chris Rahn
Seems there’s some movement on another ally every other day, so keep an eye on a few of the other key players with this creature type printed on them.
Avatar Aang has already been previewed as a new 5-color ally legend, so people have a new commander to work with for the creature type. General Tazri‘s always lurking around, with a tutor ability attached to an ETB, but it’s definitely a commander that shows its age.
Haste enablers are always welcome additions to Commander decks, and ally decks will likely want the type-specific one in Chasm Guide. It’s mere pennies right now, but might end up mere quarters in due time.
Kalastria Healer is like an in-house Impact Tremors for allies. These cards always play well in Commander, and this one’s always making the 99 of ally decks.
And of course, changelings carry a lot of weight when it comes to less fleshed-out creature types. Expect the usual suite of changelings like Changeling Outcast, Morophon, the Boundless, and Mirror Entity to make appearances in new ally decks.
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