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Tilonalli's Summoner

{1}{R}

Creature — Human Shaman

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Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 54
Illustrator
Lius Lasahido
Found in
Rivals of Ixalan Prerelease Pack
Printings3
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {X}{R}. If you do, create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. At the beginning of the next end step, exile those tokens unless you have the city's blessing.
1/1
Ascend

Plays as: Attack Trigger · Creature Token Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 7h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Foil+0.0%
$2.67
$1.44 low$0.94 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.16· across 3 printings

Rulings

9 · latest Jan 19, 2018 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren’t permanents.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    As each Elemental token enters the battlefield, you choose which opponent or opposing planeswalker it’s attacking. It doesn’t have to attack the same player or planeswalker that Tilonalli’s Summoner is attacking.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Ascend on a permanent isn’t a triggered ability and doesn’t use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your tenth permanent, but they can’t respond to getting the city’s blessing once you control that tenth permanent. This means that if your tenth permanent is a land you play, players can’t respond before you get the city’s blessing.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    If you cast a spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city’s blessing.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    If you control ten permanents but don’t control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of one, then cast Golden Demise, you won’t have the city’s blessing and the spell will affect creatures you control.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the “Legend Rule” or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city’s blessing before it leaves the battlefield.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Once you have the city’s blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city’s blessing isn’t a permanent itself and can’t be removed by any effect.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Some cards have triggered abilities that check if you have the city’s blessing, but don’t use an intervening “if” clause. These abilities trigger regardless of whether you have the city’s blessing and check whether you do only as they resolve.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Whether you have the city’s blessing is checked only as the delayed triggered ability resolves during the end step. The tokens you create can help you ascend.