Ashiok's Adept
Creature — Human Wizard
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, each opponent discards a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #23927
Ashiok's Adept taxes every spell your opponents cast from anywhere but their hands — each instant, sorcery, or ability that lets them play from exile, the graveyard, or the top of their library costs them a discard. Three mana for a 2/3 body is a fair rate when the ability consistently strips cards from the hands of reanimator, flashback, and cascade strategies.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ashiok's Adept is built for Commander, where graveyard recursion, cascade, and "cast from exile" mechanics are staples of the format and the three-mana investment pays off over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage it's too slow and too narrow — dedicated hate pieces like Leyline of the Void or Narset, Parter of Veils do more for less. Modern and Pioneer are similar: the effect is real but the body and rate don't compete with format staples. Commander is where Ashiok's Adept earns its slot, specifically in blue-black shells that want incremental hand disruption alongside graveyard hate.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Ashiok's Adept is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap acquisition. The price is unlikely to move unless a specific Commander archetype brings it into wider demand, so treat it as a low-risk inclusion rather than a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.