Aspirant's Ascent
~$0.22 low · ~$0.23 high
Blue. Instant
Phyrexia: All Will Be One #40 · Illustrated by Eli Minaya
Phyrexia: All Will Be One #40 · Illustrated by Eli MinayaWhat is Aspirant's Ascent worth?
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Oracle text
Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+3 and gains flying and toxic 1. (Players dealt combat damage by that creature also get a poison counter.)
For the aspirants of the Progress Engine, being launched into the sphere's upper reaches is a great honor. Some are even granted wings beforehand.
Format legality
The only printing of Aspirant's Ascent
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phyrexia: All Will Be One one #40· 2023common· Cardmarket €0.04 · €0.15 foil | common | $0.23 | $0.22 | €0.04€0.15 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2023
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #14,240 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Eli Minaya
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Phyrexia: All Will Be One card (#40).
040 · ONE · C · EN
- 040Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- ONESet code for Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (8)
2023-02-04
Toxic doesn't change the amount of combat damage a creature deals. For example, if a 2/2 creature with toxic 1 deals combat damage to a player, that creature will deal 2 damage. The results of that damage are the player loses 2 life and gets a poison counter.
2023-02-04
Conversely, replacement effects that apply to the number of counters put on a player can modify the counters placed this way. For example, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider's last two abilities can apply to counters placed this way.
2023-02-04
Multiple instances of toxic are cumulative. For example, if a creature has toxic 2 and gains toxic 1 due to another effect, combat damage that creature deals to a player will cause that player to get 3 poison counters.
2023-02-04
Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.
2023-02-04
Giving an attacking creature flying after it has become blocked will not cause it to become unblocked, even if the blocking creature can't normally block creatures with flying.
2023-02-04
A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action and doesn't use the stack. In other words, it happens immediately and players can't respond to it, just like a player losing the game due to having 0 or less life.
2023-02-04
If a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a creature or planeswalker, or if it deals noncombat damage, toxic has no effect and no player gets poison counters.
2023-02-04
Damage dealt by a creature with toxic grants the same number of counters regardless of how much damage is dealt. Notably, if a replacement effect modifies the damage in some way (such as that of Gratuitous Violence), the number of counters given remains unchanged.
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