edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok

Mana cost: {1}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Exile the top three cards of target opponent's library.

activated +2 —

Put a creature card with mana value X exiled with Ashiok onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is a Nightmare in addition to its other types.

activated −X — blinks a permanent

activated −X — changes what something is

Exile all cards from all opponents' hands and graveyards.

activated −10 —

Causes: exile a card, put a creature onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

When Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  4. Defiler of Dreams — draws you 1 card
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Cloudstone Curio triggers

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver:

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — makes a token
  2. Samwise Gamgee — makes a token
  3. Dual Nature — makes a token
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — grants haste
  5. Preston, the Vanisher — makes a token
  6. Angelic Sell-Sword — makes a token
  7. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  8. Saradoc, Master of Buckland — makes a token
  9. Lonis, Cryptozoologist — triggers
  10. Radiant Solar — triggers

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

  1. Master of Winds — When Master of Winds enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, it draws you 2 cards
  2. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  3. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains you 1 life
  4. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  5. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains you 1 life
  6. Glaring Fleshraker — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Glaring Fleshraker deals 1 damage
  7. Blasting Station — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Blasting Station untaps itself
  8. Mogg Bombers — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Mogg Bombers sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Flame-Kin War Scout sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself

292 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a creature enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor — When Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, it makes a token
  3. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — When Sokka, Bold Boomeranger enters thanks to Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, it draws and discards
  4. Nature's Wrath — When Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice an Island or permanent

20 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.