From the Ashes
Sorcery
Destroy all nonbasic lands. For each land destroyed this way, its controller may search their library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Price
- $1.62
- EDHREC rank
- #11825
From the Ashes hits every nonbasic land on the board and replaces each with a basic, turning the most land-greedy tables into a reset button for whoever wanted basics all along. Zo-Zu the Punisher decks run it because the basic-fetch triggers are gravy — the point is stripping dual lands, fetch lands, and utility lands from opponents who built around them.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
From the Ashes forces every opponent to crack basics into play at once, and Zo-Zu the Punisher punishes every single one of those enters-the-battlefield triggers — a sweeper that doubles as a damage burst.
River Song
River Song plays cards from opponents' decks and libraries, so From the Ashes serves a different role here: it flattens the mana base of anyone running complex nonbasic setups, slowing down the table while River Song's chaotic game plan is less dependent on specific land types to function.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
From the Ashes is a Commander card through and through — the nonbasic-heavy four-player tables it punishes simply don't exist at competitive Legacy or Vintage tables where it's technically legal but pointless. In Commander, it functions as a one-sided or near-one-sided Reset depending on how many basics are in your own deck; the more basic-forward your build, the harder it punishes opponents who leaned into shocklands, fetches, and utility lands. Oathbreaker sees the same logic apply, though the smaller deck size and faster games make it a narrower include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.62 cheap tier
At $1.62, From the Ashes is firmly budget-tier for what it does — a sweeper-level effect on mana bases for less than most dual lands cost. The price is stable; it's a niche card with a clear home and no competing reprint pressure pulling it lower.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zo-Zu the Punisher
- River Song
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.