Ambitious Assault
Instant
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. If you control a modified creature, draw a card. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #15002
Ambitious Assault gives your attacking creatures +2/+0 until end of turn and makes them all attack — a one-mana pump spell that doubles as a forced all-in swing. In token-wide commanders like Valduk, Keeper of the Flame, where you're already sending a dozen Elementals at once, that +2 across the board is frequently lethal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame generates a fresh wave of Elemental tokens each combat, and Ambitious Assault turns that swarm into a one-shot clock — +2/+0 across ten or fifteen bodies ends the game before blockers matter.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ambitious Assault is a Commander card first and almost exclusively. The forced-attack clause is irrelevant when you're already all-in on a wide board, and the +2/+0 scales with every token you've made — making it a clean finisher in go-wide red decks. In Pauper it's legal but competes with better pump options at common that don't require a full swing. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have enough removal density that telegraphing your attack step for a one-mana cantrip-sized buff rarely pays off at those tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Ambitious Assault is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with a real role in specific Commander lists. Bulk red commons like this don't appreciate, but the entry cost is low enough that picking up copies for token decks is a no-brainer.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.