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Simic Ascendancy

Enchantment

{1}{G}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
rare
Set
Magic Online Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1266
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Simic Ascendancy card art
Simic Ascendancy is a two-mana enchantment that converts any +1/+1 counter placement into a clock — stack enough growth counters and it hands you the game outright. Body of Research can dump counters equal to your library size onto a single creature in one shot, and Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied turns every counter-doubling trigger into a avalanche of growth counters that ends games fast.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied

Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied

59.0% of decks · synergy 0.46

Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied proliferates and doubles counters repeatedly, which means Simic Ascendancy accumulates growth counters at an exponential rate rather than a linear one — the win trigger often arrives within two or three attack steps.

02
Pir, Imaginative RascalToothy, Imaginary Friend

Pir, Imaginative Rascal // Toothy, Imaginary Friend

58.2% of decks · synergy 0.45

Pir, Imaginative Rascal // Toothy, Imaginary Friend adds an extra counter whenever any counter would be placed, so every +1/+1 counter event effectively counts twice toward Simic Ascendancy's twenty-counter threshold.

03
Ezuri, Claw of Progress

Ezuri, Claw of Progress

53.1% of decks · synergy 0.40

Ezuri, Claw of Progress generates experience counters on entry triggers and then dumps piles of +1/+1 counters during combat, which translates directly into growth counters on Simic Ascendancy at a pace that can close games by turn six or seven.

04
Zimone, Paradox Sculptor

Zimone, Paradox Sculptor

53.2% of decks · synergy 0.40

Zimone, Paradox Sculptor rewards playing extra lands with +1/+1 counters distributed across the board, giving Simic Ascendancy a reliable stream of growth counters that scales with how aggressively the deck ramps.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Simic Ascendancy actually lives — multiplayer games go long enough that a two-mana enchantment with a built-in alternate win condition has time to accumulate the twenty growth counters it needs, and counter-doubling synergies are everywhere in the format. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's legal but largely ignored: three turns of setup to win via a triggered ability is far too slow when opponents are killing you on turn four. Legacy and Vintage give it even less room to breathe. Simic Ascendancy is a Commander card through and through — play it there, nowhere else.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Simic Ascendancy isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGplayer for the current market rate before buying. It has historically sat in the bulk-to-one-dollar range, which makes it an easy inclusion to test without meaningful financial risk.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.