edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator

Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator

Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

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.

static —

Look at the top two cards of your library. Exile one of them and put the other into your hand.

activated +1 —

activated +1 — puts cards into your hand

Create two 1/1 black Nightmare creature tokens with that ability

activated −2 — makes 2 tokens

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.
Target player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the total mana value of cards you own in exile.

activated −7 —

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

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Nightmare enters the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

  1. Umbris, Fear Manifest — When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator, Umbris, Fear Manifest exiles a card from an opponent's library

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator an extra ability

311 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator 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. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — 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 Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator, 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, Wicked Manipulator, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator makes a Nightmare token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Ashiok is one).

When Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator makes a Nightmare token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 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).

When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Ayara, First of Locthwain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  7. General Kreat, the Boltbringer — deals 1 damage
  8. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

324 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).

When a Nightmare enters thanks to Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator:

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nature's Wrath — makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

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