Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Deathtouch
Whenever Ashnod attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, create a tapped Powerstone token.
, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11382
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist turns every creature you sacrifice into a Phyrexian Mite token and a free look at the top of your library, making her an engine that generates both board presence and card selection simultaneously. The cost is the color identity — she locks you into black and demands a sacrifice-heavy shell to earn her slot, but in that shell she outpaces Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor as a raw value engine and pairs devastatingly with recursive threats like Yomiji, Who Bars the Way.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor rewards aggressive creature strategies with combat-damage card draw, and Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist plugs directly into that loop — the Mite tokens she produces are cheap attackers that trigger Gix while also fueling the sacrifice outlets that keep Ashnod ticking.
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 |
Commander is where Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist does her best work, either as the commander herself or as a high-value piece in black sacrifice decks led by Gix or similar aristocrats payoffs. In Legacy and Vintage she's theoretically legal but far too slow and narrow for those formats — a three-mana legendary with a triggered ability simply can't compete at that speed. Modern and Pioneer offer more plausible homes in sacrifice-themed midrange, where her token generation and card selection provide real incremental value, though she'll face stiff competition for the three-drop slot. She's a Commander card through and through: the multiplayer context makes every trigger richer, and the legendary rule is far less punishing across a 100-card singleton format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Yomiji, Who Bars the WayPhyrexian AltarAshnod, Flesh Mechanist
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.