Ascendant Evincar is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Other black creatures get +1/+1. Nonblack creatures get -1/-1.
How it works : Ascendant Evincar
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If Ascendant Evincar stops being black, it gives itself -1/-1.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
#1
Godhead of Awe + Ascendant Evincar
All nonblack creatures die upon enteringLock
- 1Godhead of Awe causes all other creatures to have base power and toughness of 1/1.
- 2Ascendant Evincar gives all nonblack creatures -1/-1.
- 3Any nonblack creatures will enter the battlefield as a 0/0 creature, and will die as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
#2
Darien, King of Kjeldor + Sanguinary Priest + Ascendant Evincar
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cause the additional creature to die.
- 2Sanguinary Priest triggers, dealing 1 damage to you and causing you to gain one life.
- 3Darien triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 4The Soldier enters the battlefield as a 0/0 due to Ascendant Evincar and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
#3
Atzocan Archer + Dread Slaver + Ascendant Evincar
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Atzocan Archer by paying
.
- 2Atzocan Archer enters the battlefield, fighting Dread Slaver.
- 3Atzocan Archer dies, triggering Dread Slaver, returning Atzocan Archer to the battlefield as a black Zombie in addition to its other types.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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Legal formats
modernlegacyvintagepennycommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredh
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