
Ashnod's Altar
Artifact
Sacrifice a creature: Add to your mana pool.
Trade
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Combos Browse all
- Ashnod's Altar + Breya, Etherium Shaper + Eldrazi Displacer
- Ashnod's Altar + Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry
- Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle
- Ashnod's Altar + Illusionist's Bracers + Pashalik Mons
- Ashnod's Altar + Inheritance
- Ashnod's Altar + Colfenor's Urn
- Ashnod's Altar + Reveillark + Saffi Eriksdotter
- Ashnod's Altar + Karmic Guide + Saffi Eriksdotter
- Ashnod's Altar + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Woodfall Primus
- Ashnod's Altar + Renata, Called to the Hunt + Woodfall Primus
Legality
Format | Legality |
Casual | Legal |
Commander / EDH | Legal |
Duel Commander | Legal |
Oldschool 93/94 | Legal |
Leviathan | Legal |
Pauper | Legal |
Pauper EDH | Legal |
Limited | Legal |
Highlander | Legal |
Tiny Leaders | Legal |
Canadian Highlander | Legal |
Oathbreaker | Legal |
Unformat | Legal |
1v1 Commander | Legal |
2019-10-04 | Legal |
Legacy | Legal |
Vintage | Legal |
Custom | Legal |
Ashnod's Altar occurrence in decks from the last year
Rules Q&A
- Can I boost Murderous Redcap's Power before its triggered ability resolves?
- If I have both Sharuum the Hegemon and Sculpting Steel on the battlefield, can I infinitely sac one of them to Ashnod's Altar?
- Am I missing something?...
- Can you sac Tetravus with undying at the beginning of upkeep to create infinite tokens?
- please explain to me further regarding the rule"You cannot sacrifice a creature that is already on its way to the graveyard"
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Ashnod's Altar Discussion
Grind on
Sparkle Pony Fun Bash
5 days ago
Cool deck!!
Surprised not to see
Ashnod's Altar
to help with your token generation blinkers.
Also
Great Oak Guardian
and
Llanowar Tribe
go inf with your commander.
Shared Summons
is playable.
Also
Fiend Hunter
sounds good, i think if you stack the triggers right with multiple blinks you can exile opponents creatures permanently.
Cheers and have fun!!
Grind on
Elsha Storm
1 week ago
sweet deck!!! this looks like a blast to play!!!
here are some quick thoughts...
Basalt Monolith
seems like a shoe-in and you already run rings of brighthearth so it goes infinite.
Sensei's Divining Top
is expensive, but if you can afford it, it's great with your commander and when you have rings + basalt, you can draw your whole deck.
given your artifact theme,
Unwinding Clock
seems great, like it would go great with staff of domination and empowered autogenerator which you already run.
Blinkmoth Urn
is another option for more mana generation, im not a huge fan of it b/c it can help your opponent too, but some people like it.
you might consider
Artificer's Intuition
, early game you can discard your high CMC artifacts to get useful things like sol ring and your artifact lands. you could even get
Expedition Map
to get
Academy Ruins
, and then you can get your artifacts back from your graveyard.
another thought, i would not run endless atlas in a 3-color deck. generally there is a low chance you get 3 basics of any one type, so most likely this will be a dead draw. I would consider a draw engine like
Monastery Siege
or
Outpost Siege
to generate card advantage.
also i don't know if you want another combo, but if you get 2 of your artifact cost-reducers out, then if you get both
Junk Diver
and
Myr Retriever
they go infinite if you have a sac outlet like
Ashnod's Altar
or
Phyrexian Altar
. it's kind of fiddly b/c there are so many pieces, but it's something to think about if you want to run or not.
finally, sometime syou want a way to sac your artifacts, like both your wellsprings.
Daretti, Scrap Savant
is a powerhouse in artifact decks, to recur your important artifacts and sac the ones you don't need. if you are looking for a low cmc sac outlet, i am a big fan of
Claws of Gix
.
anyway those are just some thoughts! i know you won't like all of them but hopefully at least a couple are useful to you. cheers and have fun, good luck with the deck!
sub780lime on
Taborax Shadowpostles
2 weeks ago
Thanks for the comments, Hardhitta7. You are right on Ashnod's Altar . I realized I was out of them and I'll be swapping it in once some new ones arrive. Halo Hunter is probably a little too specific and unfortunately Griselbrand is banned in EDH. Welcome to playing commander!
multimedia on
Killer Bees! Err, Locusts?
2 weeks ago
Hey, saw your forum topic asking for help. Well done for casual on a budget.
This deck is going to wipe the floor with everyone at the table. It may be budget and casual, but it's damn powerful. My advice is if you want to play it with kids to remove Ashnod's Altar that way you can't infinite combo with Skullclamp and Insects. You could replace Altar with Shared Animosity which is good with Insects for big attacks, but is more forgiving than an infinite combo.
Hullbreacher and Narset, Parter of Veils are too powerful also. Consider cutting them for Serum Visions and Chaos Warp ?
Good luck with deck.
Mr.Beaver on
lurrus and his misfit friends
2 weeks ago
Cool deck, it reminds me a lot of some old Alesha, Who Smiles at Death decks I used to play a lot. You currently have 2 Priest of Forgotten Gods - so maybe you could replace one of them with the staple Blood Artist ? I don't know your budget but cards like Ashnod's Altar , Dictate of Erebos , and- since you do have access to white- either Athreos could be worth looking into. There are also some solid budget options like Suture Priest and Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim if you decide to splash in white
Osbert on
Morophon Eldrazi balanced
2 weeks ago
Morophon isn't doing much for this deck without Jodah or Fist of Suns so maybe try playing it in the 99 and use Golos, Tireless Pilgrim as the commander. Golos lets you cheat mana costs, ramps you, and is colourless to match the theme.
The biggest problem with eldrazi tribal is that eldrazi themselves aren't a unifying tribe as their effects support multiple different strategies which dilutes the power of each of those strategies. This can lead to dead draws and non synergistic board states which will make the deck feel clunky. The most prominent themes among eldrazi are aristocrats, tokens, and stompy so pick one of those as your primary focus. Aristocrats and tokens strategies synergize well however a stompy strategy requires entirely different support.
My friend has an Animar, Soul of Elements eldrazi tribal deck but his emphasis is on big stompy creatures so the deck is designed to have pay offs for playing those. Sarkhan's Unsealing , Sneak Attack , Temur Ascendancy , etc. He has some game ending combos like Animar + Cloudstone Curio + Eldrazi so it can win through non combat damage.
For aristocrats look at Pawn of Ulamog , Dark Prophecy , Moldervine Reclamation , Blisterpod , Ashnod's Altar , Grave Pact , Patriarch's Bidding , Haunting Voyage , Pyre of Heroes , etc.
I can't really suggest much more before you decide which direction to take the deck in.
Hardhitta7 on
Taborax Shadowpostles
2 weeks ago
I’m new to commander so sorry if my advice isn’t all that helpful.
I think Ashnod's Altar could be a nice sac outlet and help you cast some of your large demons if needed. Griselbrand might be good here, and depending what you’re playing against Halo Hunter could be useful to tutor up.