Card
Aya of Alexandria
Mana cost {2}{R}{W}
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin 4/3
Menace, lifelink Whenever a historic creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 96 known combos. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · ACR · #48
- Cheapest printing
- €0.41
- EDHREC salt
- —
- Color identity
- Red, White
- Keywords
- Lifelink, Menace
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
96 known combos.
- Aya of Alexandria + Breath of Fury + Encroaching Mycosynth + Alibou, Ancient Witness
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite combat damage
View on Commander Spellbook - Aya of Alexandria + Breath of Fury + Concordant Crossroads + Encroaching Mycosynth
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Aya of Alexandria + Breath of Fury + Biotransference + Thopter Engineer
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite combat damage
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-07-05 · Wizards of the Coast
Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered. - 2024-07-05 · Wizards of the Coast
An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast. - 2024-07-05 · Wizards of the Coast
A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t. - 2024-07-05 · Wizards of the Coast
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a card with the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast