Ashling's Command
Kindred Instant — Elemental
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1000
- Illustrator
- Iris Compiet
- Found in
- Lorwyn Eclipsed MTGO Redemption · Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster Pack · 2 more
Plays as: Card Draw · Token Copy · Modal Spell · Treasure Generator · Board Wipe · Treasure Maker
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9 · latest Nov 17, 2025 · one tap opens all
- WotCNov 17, 2025
Any enters abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the copied permanent will also work.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
If all of Ashling's Command's targets are illegal as it tries to resolve, it will do nothing. If at least one target is still legal, it will resolve and do as much as it can.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
If the copied permanent has
in its mana cost, X is 0.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
If the copied permanent is a token, the token that's created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
If the copied permanent is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
Kindred is a card type that allows noncreature cards to have creature types. For example, Morcant's Eyes is an Elf (although not a creature) while on the battlefield and an Elf card (although not a creature card) in zones other than the battlefield.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
Some older cards were originally printed with the "tribal" card type. That card type has been replaced with "kindred." This change does not affect the gameplay function of these cards.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
The token created by the first mode of Ashling's Command copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing else (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
- WotCNov 17, 2025
While it appears only on cards that already have other card types, kindred is a card type and will be counted by effects that refer to the number of card types among cards in a zone.