Archmage Ascension

Commanders that run Archmage Ascension most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Whtz, the Bibliophile: 1,607 decks
• Y'shtola Rhul: 819 decks
• Kwain, Itinerant Meddler: 384 decks
• Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus: 384 decks
• Minn, Wily Illusionist: 361 decks
• Azami, Lady of Scrolls: 337 decks
• Kami of the Crescent Moon: 324 decks
• Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis: 217 decks

Often played with Archmage Ascension

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Invincible Hymn
• Battle of Wits
• Archangel's Light
• Lost Auramancers
• Plea for Guidance
• Parallel Thoughts
• Dyfed, the Guiding Hand
• Enduring Ideal
• Planar Portal
• Reed Richards, Smartest Man

Rulings

• 2009-10-01: If a spell or ability causes you to put cards in your hand without specifically using the word “draw,” Archmage Ascension’s abilities ignore it.
• 2009-10-01: If an effect would cause you to draw multiple cards while Archmage Ascension has six or more quest counters on it, each individual draw may be replaced by Archmage Ascension’s effect. Process the draws one at a time. Even if you use the reasonable shortcut of finding all of the cards at once and only physically shuffling once, the game will consider you to have searched and shuffled once per card.
• 2009-10-01: Archmage Ascension’s first ability has an “intervening ‘if’ clause.” It won’t trigger at all unless you’ve already drawn two or more cards by the time the end step begins.
• 2009-10-01: If two or more replacement effects would apply to a card-drawing event, the player who’s drawing the card chooses what order to apply them. It’s possible that after applying one of them, the others will no longer be applicable because the player would no longer draw a card. For example, if you control more than one Archmage Ascension with six quest counters on it and you would draw a card, each Archmage Ascension’s replacement effect could apply. Once you use one, the rest are no longer applicable.