---
name: "Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Bird Monk"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Partner"]
set: "CM2"
set_name: "Commander Anthology Volume II"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Zack Stella"
oracle_id: "4aae7102-301a-429d-b169-4f462384d55d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ishai-ojutai-dragonspeaker-cm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Bird Monk
- **Keywords:** Flying, Partner

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ishai.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

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6. [Radiant, Serra Archangel](/printing/radiant-serra-archangel-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Angel

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #12
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Zack Stella

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-11-10)* Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined.
- *(2020-11-10)* If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.
- *(2020-11-10)* An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- *(2020-11-10)* You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you've cast each from the command zone clear for "commander tax" purposes.
- *(2020-11-10)* If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.
- *(2020-11-10)* Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.