Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca
Legendary Creature — Human Rebel Noble
Whenever Ashe attacks, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #10072
Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca hits the board and immediately starts generating card advantage or tempo — the payoff is front-loaded, which matters in a format where threats that don't do something the turn they land get answered before they matter. The cost is real: she competes for a slot against established finishers, and Cloud, Planet's Champion lists that run her are making a deliberate choice to prioritize her effect over raw power.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cloud, Planet's Champion
Cloud, Planet's Champion runs Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca in roughly one in five decks because her effect slots cleanly into the value engine Cloud wants to assemble — she contributes to the resource accumulation that keeps Cloud's ability firing ahead of the table.
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary decks pick up Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca for similar reasons — the FINAL FANTASY crossover card pool rewards stacking synergistic pieces, and Ashe contributes to the board presence and card flow that Midgar Mercenary lists are built around.
Amy Rose
Amy Rose reaches for Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca as part of a critical-mass strategy — Amy wants enough impactful creatures on the board to keep pressure consistent, and Ashe earns her slot by doing work the turn she arrives.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca is legal across every major Constructed format except Pauper, so the real question is where she's worth the slot. Commander is the natural home: the singleton format rewards unique effects, the game goes long enough that her on-board impact compounds, and the FINAL FANTASY crossover identity makes her a flavor-driven inclusion in themed builds. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, she faces a much harder bar — four-mana creatures need to either close games or generate immediate, format-warping value to justify competitive slots, and Ashe doesn't clear that threshold outside of casual or themed play. Standard legality is worth watching if her effect lines up with the format's speed, but she reads as a Commander-first card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca sits firmly in bulk territory — no financial risk to pick her up, and no expectation of appreciation unless a breakout Commander build drives sustained demand. Buy her for the deck, not the binder.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.