Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Saviors of KamigawaSOK · #35
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Monk
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 9.01 € · ★ 63.58 € · 23.21 $ · ★ 168.50 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Flying Whenever the fourth spell of a turn is cast, flip Erayo.
Format legality
- CommanderBanned
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhBanned
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Matt Cavotta
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-06-03
Erayo's Essence
Legendary Enchantment
Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, counter that spell.
Rulings
Each Ascendant is legendary in both its unflipped and flipped forms. This means that effects that look for legendary creature cards, such as Time of Need and Captain Sisay, can find an Ascendant.
Erayo’s Essence triggers only for the first spell an opponent casts in a given turn. It doesn’t trigger off any other spell that player casts after the first.
If Erayo, Soratami Ascendant flips while an opponent’s first spell for the turn is still on the stack, the ability of Erayo’s Essence doesn’t trigger because the opponent’s spell has already been cast. The spell isn’t countered.
If you have multiple opponents, Erayo’s Essence can trigger once for each opponent.