Ashaya, Soul of the Wild 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.
Official card text
Ashaya's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control. Nontoken creatures you control are Forest lands in addition to their other types. (They're still affected by summoning sickness.)
Complete guide
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild turns your entire army into the very ground you stand upon, literally uniting your creatures with the forest. This legendary Elemental not only grows stronger with every land you play but also shields your team from non-land targeting spells.
The Strength of the Woods
Ashaya features a characteristic-defining ability that sets its power and toughness equal to the number of lands you control. Crucially, this ability functions in all zones, including your hand and graveyard. Because Ashaya is a nontoken creature you control, its second ability applies to itself while it is on the battlefield, meaning Ashaya counts itself as a land to boost its own stats.
Creatures as Forests
While Ashaya is on the battlefield, every nontoken creature you control gains the subtype Forest and the card type Land in addition to its other types. This grants them the intrinsic mana ability to tap for green mana. Note that you still cast these cards as creature spells; they only become lands once they are on the battlefield. They also retain their creature identity, meaning they are still affected by summoning sickness and can be destroyed by effects that target either creatures or lands.
Strategic Advantages and Risks
Turning your creatures into lands offers unique protection, as they can no longer be targeted by spells that specify 'nonland' permanents. However, be cautious: damage remains marked on Ashaya until the cleanup step. if your other land-creatures are destroyed, Ashaya's toughness will decrease immediately, which may result in it having lethal damage marked and being destroyed as a state-based action.
When to Play Ashaya
Ashaya is best deployed when you have a board full of nontoken creatures ready to be converted into mana sources or when you need a massive threat that scales into the late game. It is particularly effective in decks that benefit from 'landfall' triggers, as every nontoken creature entering the battlefield under your control will now trigger those abilities.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWith Ashaya, Soul of the Wild on the battlefield, you cast Solemn Simulacrum. When it enters, its ability triggers to find a basic land. Once it is on the battlefield, Ashaya turns the Golem into a Land Creature - Forest Golem. You can now tap Solemn Simulacrum for one green mana in addition to its usual utility.
Roaming ThroneIf you choose 'Elemental' as Roaming Throne enters the battlefield while Ashaya is present, the Throne becomes a Land Creature - Forest Golem Elemental. Because it is now an Elemental, if another Elemental's ability triggers (like a landfall trigger from a different creature that is now an Elemental land), Roaming Throne will cause that ability to trigger an additional time.
If you control five basic Forests and Ashaya, Soul of the Wild, Ashaya sees itself as a land plus the five Forests. It will be a 6/6 creature. If you then play a nontoken creature, that creature becomes a Forest land, and Ashaya immediately becomes a 7/7.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability that defines Ashaya's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
As long as Ashaya is on the battlefield, it's affected by its second ability and thus its first ability counts itself.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Ashaya may become lethal if lands you control leave the battlefield during that turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
You can't play creature cards as lands; you'll still have to cast them as spells, and they'll enter the battlefield as lands (in addition to their other types).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
A land that's a Forest has the intrinsic mana ability "
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."No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Quirion Ranger
- 1Activate any nontoken creature you control except Quirion Ranger by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Quirion Ranger by returning itself from the battlefield to your hand, untapping the creature tapped for mana.
- 3Cast Quirion Ranger by paying .
- 4Repeat.
Bumi, Unleashed + Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent. Bumi triggers, untapping all lands and nontoken creatures you control, as they are Forest lands due to Ashaya, and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 2Repeat each combat phase.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Sylvan Safekeeper + Badgermole Cub
- 1Cast Badgermole Cub by paying its mana cost
- 2When Badgermole Cub enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 3Activate Sylvan Safekeeper by sacrificing Badgermole Cub
- 4When Badgermole Cub dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 5When Badgermole Cub enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
- 7Resolve all Sylvan Safekeeper abilities.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Zuran Orb + Badgermole Cub
- 1Cast Badgermole Cub by paying its mana cost
- 2When Badgermole Cub enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 3Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Badgermole Cub
- 4When Badgermole Cub dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 5When Badgermole Cub enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 6Resolve the Zuran Orb ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Vesuva
- 1Play Vesuva, and choose to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Lumra.
- 2Put Vesuva into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 3Vesuva's ETB ability triggers, causing you to mill four cards and return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 4As Vesuva enters the battlefield, choose to have it become a copy of Lumra.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Zuran Orb + Toph, the Blind Bandit
- 1Cast Toph by paying its mana cost plus commander tax if applicable
- 2When Toph enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 3Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Toph
- 4When Toph dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 5When Toph enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 6Resolve the Zuran Orb ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Zuran Orb + Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
- 1Cast Bumi by paying its mana cost plus commander tax if applicable
- 2When Bumi enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 3Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Bumi
- 4When Bumi dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 5When Bumi enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 6Resolve the Zuran Orb ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Zuran Orb + Earthbending Student
- 1Cast Earthbending Student by paying its mana cost
- 2When Earthbending Student enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 3Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Earthbending Student
- 4When Earthbending Student dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 5When Earthbending Student enters, its earthbend ability triggers, causing it to earthbend itself as it is a Forest due to Ashaya.
- 6Resolve the Zuran Orb ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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