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Ashes to Ashes

{1}{B}{B}

Sorcery

4EDFourth Edition#119uncommon

"All rivers eventually run to the sea. My job is to sort out who goes first." —Maeveen O'Donagh, *Memoirs of a Soldier*

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
white
Frame
1993
Pull rate
~1 in 13–40
Illustrator
Drew Tucker
Found in
Fourth Edition Starter Deck · Fourth Edition Booster Pack
Printings9EDHREC rank#14,341
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Exile two target nonartifact creatures. Ashes to Ashes deals 5 damage to you.
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Rulings

2 · latest Oct 1, 2009
  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    If both of the targeted creatures are illegal targets by the time Ashes to Ashes resolves, it’s countered. It doesn’t deal 5 damage to you.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    If one of the targeted creatures is an illegal target by the time Ashes to Ashes resolves, it still exiles the other one and deals 5 damage to you.