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Abzan Ascendancy

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{W}{B}{G}
Color identity
BGW
Rarity
rare
Set
Double Masters 2022
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#9610
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Abzan Ascendancy card art
Abzan Ascendancy hits the board and immediately puts a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control, then replaces each of those creatures with a 1/1 flying Spirit token when they die — that's a two-clause engine stapled to a three-mana enchantment. Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan and Tayam, Luminous Enigma are the natural homes, but any Abzan deck grinding value through sacrifice or counters will want it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan

Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan

36.8% of decks · synergy 0.32

Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan cares directly about creatures with counters dying, so Abzan Ascendancy does double duty — it seeds every creature with a counter before they're sacrificed and then replaces each one with a flying blocker or attacker to fuel the next loop.

02
Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Tayam, Luminous Enigma

34.8% of decks · synergy 0.30

Tayam, Luminous Enigma mills and recurs permanents by removing counters from creatures, and Abzan Ascendancy ensures every creature entering the battlefield arrives pre-loaded with a counter, giving Tayam a constant supply of activation fodder while the death-replacement clause keeps the board from going empty.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Abzan Ascendancy earns its slot — the enchantment scales with wide boards in a way that one-for-one formats punish, and the Spirit-replacement clause is most abusable when you have recursive sac outlets and graveyard synergies at your disposal. In Modern and Legacy it's legal but effectively invisible; three mana for a symmetry-neutral enchantment that doesn't win the game immediately doesn't compete in those formats. Pioneer is the same story — the card simply asks too much for too little in a format moving at sorcery-speed-kill pace. Oathbreaker is a reasonable middle ground if your planeswalker and signature spell already operate in the counters space, but again, Commander is the clear home.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't currently available for Abzan Ascendancy, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for a live number. Given its narrow but genuine Commander demand — nearly 37% inclusion in Felothar decks alone — it tends to hold a modest non-zero price rather than bottoming out as pure bulk.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.