Ashnod's Altar
Set Price Alerts

Combos Browse all Suggest

Legality

Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Big Apple Highlander Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Freeform Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Oldschool 93/94 Legal
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
PreDH Legal
Premodern Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Ashnod's Altar

Artifact

Sacrifice a creature: Add .

NV_1980 on Mardu McFly

3 days ago

Indeed, cheating out stuff is fun!

I'd really recommend Ashnod's Altar (or maybe even The Golden Throne) in here. You attack with Terra, you sacrifice a creature to Altar(or Throne), you use the mana generated for Terra's ability and get back a creature from your graveyard you'd rather use any way, instead of the sacrificed creature. Win-win. You can also use other sac-outlets (like Goblin Bombardment) and creatures that generate mana upon death (like Cathodion) to do something similar.

Some more recursion redundancy wouldn't hurt either. Alesha, Who Smiles at Death and Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate seem pretty logical choices. So does Sun Titan by the way. Smile at Death also brings plenty of the creatures in this deck back to the battlefield.

Good luck with the deck!

Squee_Spirit_Guide on Kobold Kannon

1 week ago

Thanks, PrincessOfFriendship! Regarding Bubble Matrix, I don't think damage being dealt to the Kobolds is too much of a worry since they're sacrificed pretty much immediately or can be sacrificed in response to damage that would be dealt. I will say though, I've been playing it by keeping the Kobolds in hand until Fecundity and Ashnod's Altar are both in play. Maybe against more creature-based decks I should use them as blockers rather than just racing... Something to think about for sure! I'll test it out and see what happens!

Out of curiosity, what was your Kobold idea? I bet there's a lot of fun ways to use them!

theNeroTurtle on Adventure Surge

1 month ago

I run a Primal Surge build.

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre + any sac-outlet like Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar keeps you safe from someone that might force you to draw after Surge resolves prior to your combat phase or your cards resolve on the stack.

1+

capwner on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

1 month ago

Phyrexian Arena and Greed are classic card draw, Insatiable Avarice is decent and I am a big fan of Increasing Ambition though it is a little slower. Peer into the Abyss also slower but basically ad naus #2...these effects are typically paired with a lot of fast mana like Chrome Mox Lotus Petal Mox Opal etc. which are cheap and explosive after casting Ad Nauseam <-- this card usually takes some build around. IDK if that's better here vs. Skullclamp which provides repeatable card draw for cheap. If you have a lot of life loss effects, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is a good hedge which fits your beatdown strat and hates on opposing card draw. Maybe also Phyrexian Altar and Ashnod's Altar to juice those rat tokens.

clayperce on The Glory of the Horde (Zurgo Ultra-Budget)

1 month ago

Deck_Building_Dude -
Thank you for all the kind words too ... but honestly, it was your earlier comment that set me on this path, so thank YOU!!!

Yeah, Martial Coup is definitely better for this deck. I think I must have been comparing it to other Mass Disruption options when I cut it, rather than comparing it to other Go Wide options ... derp!

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon has been fine so far, but thanks much for the thought; I'll definitely keep an eye on her. FWIW, Mardu Siegebreaker is my current "Hmmmmmm ..." card, mostly becuase it's so inconsistent ... amazing with something like Mirkwood Bats on the board, but super-frustrating with a board full of Legendaries and Tokens!

The token doublers are GREAT, but I'm very consciously avoiding them in this deck, just because I hate accidental infinite combos (in case it's not obvious, Exalted Sunborn or Anointed Procession go infinte with Spawning Pit and Pitiless Plunder on the board). I mean, I'm absolutely happy to run infinite combos, but I just hate it when they happen accidentally in a lower-Bracket deck ... if I'm doing combos, I'm going all-in! :-)
Similarly, I'm not running Luminous Broodmoth (2-card combo with any Free Sac), Restoration Angel (2-card combo with Mardu Siegebreaker), Stridehangar Automaton or Forsaken Miner (3-card combos with Pitiless Plunderer and any Free Sac), or Aggravated Assault (3-card combo with Mardu Siegebreaker and Professional Face-Breaker).
All that said, I've REALLY been enjoying working on this deck though for my friend, so I think I'm almost certainly going to try building this as an all-in combo deck (at a higher Bracket and with a higher budget) for myself.

Fanatical Devotion is a fantastic card and I generally try to run both. But if I can only find room for one, it's almost always Reconnaissance. Partly because it always fits nicely on curve (especially with a 3-mana Commander), but mostly because I find the pseudo-Vigilance to be so useful in multi-player.

Great catch on Ashnod's Altar; I'm not sure why I trimmed it. It maybe combo'd with some card that's no longer there? Or was maybe a purely accidental cut? Either way, you'll see it back in the deck soon(tm)!

Good call on Thunder of Unity ... I'll force it into some test games (I seriously can't recall ever having cast it, lol) and form an opinion.

Thanks again for all the thoughtful and kind comments! And good luck (and good skill!) on your remaining finals!

Cheers!

Deck_Building_Dude on The Glory of the Horde (Zurgo Ultra-Budget)

1 month ago

Just taking a break from my studies (I'm done Friday!) to give initial thoughts...

First, good work getting the Mana Curve down. I prefer a 2-3 average CMC for my decks so this is gorgeous!

I will say I prefer Martial Coup over Forth Eorlingas! simply because Martial wipes the board if X is greater than 5. Forth's only benefit is making you the Monarch, but I don't see much reason in here to become the Monarch, and making 2/2s instead of 1/1s, but in a Zurgo shell your goal should be numbers. In fact Martial Coup is cheaper than Forth Eorlingas!, so if you're looking for budget, maybe give it a look.

I'm normally not huge on Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, but in your shell I think it'll work. Just keep an eye on it to be sure it's pulling its weight. Every deck has at least one card to "keep an eye on." In my Zurgo deck, it's Crackling Doom and Indebted Spirit.

If you can make room for it, I'd go for an Exalted Sunborn. Better options are Anointed Procession and Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation  Flip, but those are $40-$60 a piece if you don't wanna proxy. Exalted Sunborn, though, is $12 and essentially Anointed Procession on a stick with a Warp cost that's the same as Anointed, so I'd look at that for doubling tokens.

I also prefer Fanatical Devotion over Reconnaissance simply because it's another sac outlet. It's also cheaper (.77 vs $3-$5).

I would also personally swap Woe Strider or Phyrexian Plaguelord (honestly probably the Plaguelord due to its mana cost) for Ashnod's Altar. One sac gives you 2 colorless that can be pumped into X spells or larger creatures.

My last cut would be Thunder of Unity. There are a lot of much more impactful enchantments than this one.

Honestly man this looks fairly solid for a budget precon upgrade! You've even introduced me to a few cards I can use (like Mardu Devotee). I'm impressed. This is MUCH better than what you had before. I can see an actual strategy brewing. I'd just add a few more sac outlets more than anything, as well as any way to increase token output. Good stuff!

DreadKhan on PrEDH - Lyzolda so

3 months ago

I'm not sure how evil your group gets, but Grave Pact is really good. Elemental Mastery is a handy source of Red creatures every turn. I can't help but wonder if Ashnod's Altar could be helpful, you sac one creature to pay for a Lyzolda sacrifice. A bit out there, but if Lyzolda is being fed she might benefit from something like Sadistic Glee.

theNeroTurtle on Oneshot POV - Brion's Big Boi

5 months ago

Luminous Broodmoth + Ashnod's Altar = Infinite ETB-LTB and Colorless Mana

Luminous Broodmoth + Phyrexian Altar = Infinite ETB-LTB and Colored Mana

Luminous Broodmoth + Altar of Dementia = Infinite ETB-LTB and Mill

Luminous Broodmoth + Goblin Bombardment = Infinite ETB-LTB and Damage

Luminous Broodmoth + Blasting Station = Infinite ETB-LTB and Damage

Luminous Broodmoth + Thermopod = Infinite ETB-LTB and Red Mana

There are even more than this. Here is a LINK that will show them all along with how each one works from EDHREC.

Load more