Card

Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator

Mana cost {3}{B}{B}

Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok

If you would pay life while your library has at least that many cards in it, exile that many cards from the top of your library instead. +1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Exile one of them and put the other into your hand. −2: Create two 1/1 black Nightmare creature tokens with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put into exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." −7: Target player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the total mana value of cards you own in exile.

Part of 5 known combos, 5 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · WOE · #78
Cheapest printing
€0.69
EDHREC salt
0.43
Color identity
Black

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

Why

  • Two-card combo with Necropotence, Doom Whisperer, Blood Celebrant, Wall of Blood, Unspeakable Symbol (early with Wall of Blood)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

5 known combos, 5 of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2023-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    Ashiok, Wicked Nightmare's first ability isn't optional. You can't choose to pay life instead of exiling cards from the top of your library while you control Ashiok, and you can't split the payment between life and cards.
  • 2023-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you would pay life while you control Ashiok and your library does not have at least that many cards in it, you'll just pay life as normal.
  • 2023-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    Ashiok's first ability doesn't allow you to attempt to pay an amount of life greater than your current life total.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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