Appa, the Vigilant

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Appa is a 7-mana 6/6 flying/vigilance that pumps and grants flying + vigilance to all your creatures whenever any Ally enters, including itself. It's a powerful top-end finisher for Ally-tribal or tokens-go-wide strategies (especially those that flicker or blink Allies), giving the whole board a one-turn alpha strike. However, at 7 mana it's slow and competes with stronger top-ends in Commander; it needs meaningful Ally density to generate repeated triggers.

• Appa's trigger fires on ANY Ally entering under your control — including tokens — so Ally-token generators (e.g. March of the Multitudes, Haazda Marshal) can chain multiple triggers in a single turn for a massive pump-and-swing.

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• The pump and flying/vigilance grant is until end of turn only, making Appa a combat-turn threat rather than a persistent anthem; it doesn't help your board on opponents' turns or protect against sorcery-speed wraths after combat.

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• In mono-white Commander, Ally tribal is a niche but functional sub-theme (Gideon's Company, Kor Entanglers, etc.); Appa is one of the few Ally lords with both evasion and vigilance grants, filling the top-end finisher slot that tribe lacks.

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• EDHREC rank: #9,272