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◇ Catalog #256

Ashiok, Nightmare Muse

thb·#256·mythic·borderless

Illus. Chuck Lukacs

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Jan '20

6 yr ago

Value

$4.96+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.10 · low $3.73

NM$3.96

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$3.66–$4.18modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.02low $2.42range 66.1%n 82

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,957 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$3.96

Gameplay

Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok

+1: Create a 2/3 blue and black Nightmare creature token with "Whenever this token attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library." −3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand, then that player exiles a card from their hand. −7: You may cast up to three spells from among face-up cards your opponents own from exile without paying their mana costs.

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Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 8

2020-01-24wotc

The card exiled while resolving Ashiok's second ability may be the one that was returned to its owner's hand.

2020-01-24wotc

Any effect that exiles a card exiles it face up unless that effect specifies otherwise.

2020-01-24wotc

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

2020-01-24wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.96. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.42 and $4.02 across 82 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from THB — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #256 of *Theros Beyond Death*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2020 Theros Beyond Death release.

Card type: Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok, color identity black/blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{U}{B} (5 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #6,957 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Chuck Lukacs. Rarix catalogs 227 other cards credited to this artist.