Ashiok's Adept
~$0.15 low · ~$0.51 high
Black. Creature — Human Wizard
Born of the Gods #59 · Illustrated by Karla Ortiz
Born of the Gods #59 · Illustrated by Karla OrtizWhat is Ashiok's Adept worth?
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Oracle text
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, each opponent discards a card.
1/3
"Every nightmare is a caged bird that yearns to be set free." —Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Format legality
The only printing of Ashiok's Adept
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Born of the Gods bng #59· 2014uncommon· Cardmarket €0.12 · €0.37 foil | uncommon | $0.15 | $0.51 | €0.12€0.37 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2014
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #24,352 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Heroic
- Artist
- Karla Ortiz
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Born of the Gods card (#59).
59
- 59Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Ashiok's Adept, read from the Born of the Gods printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Ashiok's Adept. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Human and Wizard are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 1/3: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Karla Ortiz. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Born of the Gods. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 59 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Karla Ortiz, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (3)
2013-09-15
Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
2013-09-15
Heroic abilities won’t trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell’s targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.
2013-09-15
Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.
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