Oct 29, 2022 · Other Ashnod is better, but I find myself being more interested in this one. Grixis Sacrifice isn't all that new, but MonoBlack Artifacts still has a lot of exploration to be done despite it's heavy association with Phyrexia. It's less the Commander that excites me, but more the signaling of a new direction for Black in Commander.

Oct 29, 2022 · Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist {B} Legendary Creature - Human Artificer (Rare) Deathtouch Whenever Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, create a tapped Powerstone token. {5}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token. 1/1

Feb 5, 2024 · Ashnod's Altar is the same. Activating a Food is activating an ability of an artifact that isn't a mana ability for which a permanent was sacrificed to activate it, so Ashnod does trigger for it. Same for Clues.

I found your source, "Loran's Smile" but her death seems only mildly related to Ashnod's torture. She was weakened by Ashnod's torture, but it seems it was just old age and a hard life in general that killed her. "She died in bed, weakened by wounds suffered over a decade previous—wounds inflicted by Ashnod the Uncaring, Mishra's assistant.

Ashnod can win straight up with a single Magda activation, or a Kuldrotha Forgemaster actuvation (yuck). Ashnod also doubles some silly things like mishra/urza baubles, can turn [[priest of forgotten gods]] into something actually interesting (targeting makes it not a mana ability 🧠)… That’s what I’ve got 🤷🏻‍♂️

Aug 27, 2019 · While scrolling through primers and decklists on tapped out and mtggoldfish I noticed that most of the decks ran [[Ashnod's altar]]. I understood the value in having an instant speed sacrifice outlet that generates mana to boot. However I was curious why Ashnod's was the choice over [[Phyrexian Altar]].

Nov 7, 2022 · Ashnod is giving you an extra mana access every turn over what you would otherwise have, but this mana is locked out of being used on nonartifact spells. Therefore, your lategame plays come in two flavors: big abilities or big artifacts. Ashnod isn't the kind of girl who goes for [[Torment of Hailfire]].

Apr 23, 2023 · A player doesn't "activate" Wilhelt's first ability for purposes of Ashnod. For purposes of Ashnod's last ability, an activated ability (one that separates cost and effect with a colon [C.R. 602.1]) is the only kind of ability that a player can activate (C.R. 602.1c).

Oct 29, 2022 · Solid looking list. I was thinking about abusing clues and food, never thought about blood tokens honestly. I was working on an Ashnod list myself, and a silly combo I found is [[Liquimetal Torque]] or [[Mycosynth Lattice]] to turn [[Inventor's Fair]] into an artifact before sacrifiing it to get double the fabricate tutors.

Feb 15, 2023 · If you have a Split Second spell/effect on the stack, no one can add spells or activated abilities to the stack. However, Ashnod's Altar is a mana ability, which doesn't use the stack, and is an exception (also specifically stated in …