Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen 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
, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Ayara deals X damage to target opponent or battle and you gain X life, where X is the sacrificed permanent's mana value.
: Transform Ayara. Activate only as a sorcery. (
or 2 life.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, return up to one target artifact or creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Complete guide
Ayara, Widow of the Realm is a versatile legendary creature that transforms from a life-draining aristocrat into a powerful necromancer. Whether you are sacrificing permanents for reach or reanimating threats for a final swing, she offers immense utility in both forms. Let's explore how to maximize her Phyrexian transformation and her ability to manipulate the graveyard.
Sacrifice and Transform
While on her front face, Ayara acts as a sacrifice outlet that targets opponents or battles. By tapping and sacrificing another creature or artifact, you deal damage and gain life equal to that permanent's mana value. Note that the game checks the mana value as it last existed on the battlefield; for example, a token usually has a mana value of 0. To transform her into Ayara, Furnace Queen, you must pay five mana and either one Red mana or 2 life during your main phase when the stack is empty.
The Furnace Queen's Reanimation
Once transformed, Ayara, Furnace Queen triggers at the beginning of your combat phase. You can target one artifact or creature card in your graveyard to return it to the battlefield with haste. This ability is mandatory to exile the permanent at the beginning of the next end step, meaning the creature is only a temporary guest on your battlefield unless you find a way to blink it or sacrifice it for value before the turn ends.
Common Mistakes
One common error is trying to transform Ayara at instant speed. Her transformation ability is restricted to sorcery timing. Additionally, players often forget that the reanimated creature from the back face is exiled at the start of the end step. If you return a creature with a 'dies' trigger, you must sacrifice it before the end step to trigger that effect, as exiling does not count as dying.
When to Play Ayara
Ayara is best played in decks that can capitalize on high-mana value artifacts or creatures that have powerful 'enters' or 'dies' abilities. Her front face helps stabilize your life total against aggressive decks, while her back face provides a repeatable source of haste-enabled attackers to pressure your opponents every single turn.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWith Solemn Simulacrum on the battlefield, you can tap Ayara to sacrifice it. You will deal 4 damage to an opponent and gain 4 life (since the Simulacrum's mana value is 4), then draw a card from the Simulacrum's death trigger. On a later turn, after transforming Ayara, you can return the Simulacrum from the graveyard at combat to search for another land and attack for 2 damage.
Roaming ThroneIf you control Roaming Throne and chose 'Phyrexian' or 'Elf' as its type, Ayara, Furnace Queen's combat trigger will fire twice. This allows you to return two different creatures or artifacts from your graveyard to the battlefield simultaneously. Both will gain haste, and both will be exiled at the beginning of the next end step.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The first activated ability of Ayara, Widow of the Realm uses the mana value of the permanent you sacrificed as it last existed on the battlefield, not its mana value in the graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Breath of Fury
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, and giving it haste until end of turn.
- 2Deal combat damage using the creature that has Breath of Fury attached.
- 3Breath of Fury triggers, causing you to sacrifice the creature it is attached to, then attach Breath of Fury to the nontoken creature Ayara returned, then causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Repeat each combat phase.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Combat Celebrant + Viscera Seer
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Combat Celebrant from your graveyard to the battlefield and giving it haste.
- 2Declare Combat Celebrant as an attacker, choosing to exert it as it attacks.
- 3Combat Celebrant triggers, untapping all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Combat Celebrant, causing you to scry 1.
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Combat Celebrant + Ashnod's Altar
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Combat Celebrant from your graveyard to the battlefield and giving it haste.
- 2Declare Combat Celebrant as an attacker, choosing to exert it as it attacks.
- 3Combat Celebrant triggers, untapping all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Combat Celebrant, adding
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Combat Celebrant + Goblin Bombardment
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Combat Celebrant from your graveyard to the battlefield and giving it haste.
- 2Declare Combat Celebrant as an attacker, choosing to exert it as it attacks.
- 3Combat Celebrant triggers, untapping all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Combat Celebrant, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Combat Celebrant + Phyrexian Altar
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Combat Celebrant from your graveyard to the battlefield and giving it haste.
- 2Declare Combat Celebrant as an attacker, choosing to exert it as it attacks.
- 3Combat Celebrant triggers, untapping all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Combat Celebrant, adding one mana of any color.
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Scourge of the Throne + Viscera Seer
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Scourge of the Throne from your graveyard to the battlefield, and giving it haste until end of turn.
- 2Declare Scourge of the Throne as an attacker, attacking an opponent whose life total is higher than or equal to yours.
- 3Scourge of the Throne's dethrone ability and second abilities trigger.
- 4Resolve the second Scourge of the Throne trigger, causing you to untap all attacking creatures and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 5Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Scourge of the Throne, causing you to scry 1.
- 6Resolve the second Scourge of the Throne trigger from step 3, doing nothing.
- 7Repeat each combat phase.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Combat Celebrant + Carrion Feeder
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Combat Celebrant from your graveyard to the battlefield and giving it haste.
- 2Declare Combat Celebrant as an attacker, choosing to exert it as it attacks.
- 3Combat Celebrant triggers, untapping all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Combat Celebrant, putting a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder.
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Scourge of the Throne + Ashnod's Altar
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Scourge of the Throne from your graveyard to the battlefield, and giving it haste until end of turn.
- 2Declare Scourge of the Throne as an attacker, attacking an opponent whose life total is higher than or equal to yours.
- 3Scourge of the Throne's dethrone ability and second abilities trigger.
- 4Resolve the second Scourge of the Throne trigger, causing you to untap all attacking creatures and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 5Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Scourge of the Throne, adding .
- 6Resolve the second Scourge of the Throne trigger from step 3, doing nothing.
- 7Repeat each combat phase.
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