Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator 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
If you would pay life while your library has at least that many cards in it, exile that many cards from the top of your library instead. +1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Exile one of them and put the other into your hand. −2: Create two 1/1 black Nightmare creature tokens with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put into exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." −7: Target player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the total mana value of cards you own in exile.
How it works : Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Ashiok, Wicked Nightmare's first ability isn't optional. You can't choose to pay life instead of exiling cards from the top of your library while you control Ashiok, and you can't split the payment between life and cards.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you would pay life while you control Ashiok and your library does not have at least that many cards in it, you'll just pay life as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Ashiok's first ability doesn't allow you to attempt to pay an amount of life greater than your current life total.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator + Necropotence
- 1Activate Necropotence by exiling the top card of your library due to Ashiok, exiling the top card of your library.
- 2Repeat.
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator + Doom Whisperer
- 1Activate Doom Whisperer by exiling the top two cards of your library due to Ashiok, causing you to surveil 2.
- 2Repeat.
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator + Blood Celebrant
- 1Activate Blood Celebrant by paying
and by exiling the top card of your library due to Ashiok, adding . - 2Repeat.
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator + Wall of Blood
- 1Activate Wall of Blood by exiling the top card of your library due to Ashiok, giving Wall of Blood +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 2Repeat.
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator + Unspeakable Symbol
- 1Activate Unspeakable Symbol by exiling the top three cards of your library due to Ashiok, putting a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
- 2Repeat.
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