Ashes to Ashes
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Fifth Edition5ED · #141
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.43 € · 0.63 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Exile two target nonartifact creatures. Ashes to Ashes deals 5 damage to you.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Doug Keith
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-03-24
Flavour text
"Kings and beggars, they end the same— Surrounded by stench, rot, and blame." —Aline Corralurn, "Legacy"
Rulings
If both of the targeted creatures are illegal targets by the time Ashes to Ashes resolves, it’s countered. It doesn’t deal 5 damage to you.
If one of the targeted creatures is an illegal target by the time Ashes to Ashes resolves, it still exiles the other one and deals 5 damage to you.
