Aspirant's Ascent

Commanders that run Aspirant's Ascent most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus: 310 decks
• Venser, Corpse Puppet: 298 decks
• Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres: 225 decks
• Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive: 217 decks
• Ramses, Assassin Lord: 135 decks
• Lulu, Stern Guardian: 90 decks
• Lockjaw, Slobbering Teleporter: 6 decks
• Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance: 3 decks

Often played with Aspirant's Ascent

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Spiteful Motives
• Aspect of Manticore
• Compleat Devotion
• Maze's Mantle
• Stinging Hivemaster
• Unctus's Retrofitter
• Duelist of Deep Faith
• Prosthetic Injector
• Viral Spawning
• Plague Nurse

Rulings

• 2023-02-04: Toxic doesn't change the amount of combat damage a creature deals. For example, if a 2/2 creature with toxic 1 deals combat damage to a player, that creature will deal 2 damage. The results of that damage are the player loses 2 life and gets a poison counter.
• 2023-02-04: Conversely, replacement effects that apply to the number of counters put on a player can modify the counters placed this way. For example, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider's last two abilities can apply to counters placed this way.
• 2023-02-04: Multiple instances of toxic are cumulative. For example, if a creature has toxic 2 and gains toxic 1 due to another effect, combat damage that creature deals to a player will cause that player to get 3 poison counters.
• 2023-02-04: Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.
• 2023-02-04: Giving an attacking creature flying after it has become blocked will not cause it to become unblocked, even if the blocking creature can't normally block creatures with flying.
• 2023-02-04: A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action and doesn't use the stack. In other words, it happens immediately and players can't respond to it, just like a player losing the game due to having 0 or less life.
• 2023-02-04: If a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a creature or planeswalker, or if it deals noncombat damage, toxic has no effect and no player gets poison counters.
• 2023-02-04: Damage dealt by a creature with toxic grants the same number of counters regardless of how much damage is dealt. Notably, if a replacement effect modifies the damage in some way (such as that of Gratuitous Violence), the number of counters given remains unchanged.