Card
Ashes of the Abhorrent
Mana cost {1}{W}
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or activate abilities of cards in graveyards. Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 104 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · XLN · #2
- Cheapest printing
- €0.55
- EDHREC salt
- 0.88
- Color identity
- White
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
104 known combos.
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Ashes of the Abhorrent + Pawn of Ulamog
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Trudge Garden + Ashnod's Altar + Ashes of the Abhorrent
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashes of the Abhorrent + Reassembling Skeleton
Produces: Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2017-09-29 · Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities (such as embalm from the Amonkhet set) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected by Ashes of the Abhorrent. - 2017-09-29 · Wizards of the Coast
Ashes of the Abhorrent doesn’t stop players from playing land cards from the graveyard if an effect allows them to do so. - 2017-09-29 · Wizards of the Coast
If a creature dies at the same time that Ashes of the Abhorrent is destroyed, you’ll gain 1 life.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast