Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE)
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.Plays as
Creature Token MakerLibrary Manipulation
Format legality
Constructed
StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardLegal
Used in 5 known combosEDHREC #14,068
Versions
4 printings · from $0.25
Rulings
3 · latest Sep 1, 2023
- WotCSep 1, 2023
Ashiok's first ability doesn't allow you to attempt to pay an amount of life greater than your current life total.
- WotCSep 1, 2023
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.
- WotCSep 1, 2023
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.