Ashiok of the Eternal Nightmare

Commander / EDH* Mill Multiplayer Primer Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

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Creature (24)

• 1x Arcane Artisan
• 1x Cheatyface
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eternal Scourge
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Guildpact Informant
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Leveler
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Misthollow Griffin
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Skyship Plunderer
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Manipulate Fate
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Land (38)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 11x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Planeswalker (8)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x The Chain Veil

Instant (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Reality Shift

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Artifact (4)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Creature (2)

• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Psychatog

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Distant Memories

Instant (1)

• 1x Demonic Consultation

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Ever-Watching Threshold

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Basic Premise

I decided to make a bit of a thought experiment deck. What if Ashiok were a legal general?

Since I'm already playing an illegal commander, I decided to put a few tweaks on his ability to hopefully make him a bit more viable for multiplayer and to build upon his theme.

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

+2: Exile the top three cards of EACH PLAYER'S library

-X: Put a creature card with converted mana cost X FROM EXILE onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is a nightmare in addition to its other types. (This may be from any sort of exile)

-10: Exile all cards from all opponents' hands and graveyards.

Starting Loyalty: 3

By modifying his abilities, we allow ourselves an incredibly interesting design space: what if we built a deck to exploit the exile zone like many decks exploit the graveyard? This allows us to use unconventional cards to build powerful synergies - and if that's not what EDH is about, I don't know what is.

General Strategy

• Graveyard hate is here primarily to stockpile your opponent's exile zone to feed Uncle Ashiok. Hating on graveyard decks is something I feel vaguely ashamed of as a Dredge player, but I feel its justified here.

• We have some spells and creatures that let us find specific cards from our decks and our opponent's decks and exile them. These cards are normally very underwhelming, especially in EDH, but when they function as creature tutors for our general, they become more palatable.

• We also have a range of creatures who can be put into play from the exile zone, ranging from Misthollow Griffin and Eternal Scourge to Cheatyface. Note: Cheatyface is not legal in commander, but neither is our general, and ol' Cheaty is just a load of fun without being overpowered.

• We have a subtheme of proliferating or otherwise increasing our general's loyalty. Ashiok ticking up by two a turn isn't the most impressive thing in a multiplayer format, so we need a little help along the way. These effects have splash benefit with our other planeswalkers, as well as cards such as Astral Cornucopia and Everflowing Chalice

-We have one main combo option in this deck.

• Leyline of the Void + Helm of Obedience will deck an opponent.

Deck Notes

-Ashiok cannot play cards from exile which are face down. As such, we've avoided most cards which exile cards face down. Gonti, Lord of Luxury and Praetor's Grasp are exceptions to this rule, but are otherwise too on theme to exclude.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	107
Avg. CMC	3.74
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Manifest 2/2 C, Nightmare 2/3 UB, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 2/2 C, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	interesting