Crumbling Ashes (Eventide) - Gatherer

Crumbling Ashes

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Community Rating: 3.310 / 5 (58 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Crumbling Ashes

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Enchantment

Card Text:

At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy target creature with a -1/-1 counter on it.

Flavor Text:

"I was there to watch my brothers' quenching. I drew the slightest warmth from their dying rage."

—Illulia of Nighthearth

Expansion:

Eventide

Rarity:

Uncommon

Card Number:

Artist:

Chuck Lukacs

Language:

English

Rulings

8/1/2008	This ability is mandatory. If you're the only player who controls a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it as your upkeep begins, you must target one of your own creatures.
8/1/2008	You can't target a creature unless it already has a -1/-1 counter on it as your upkeep begins. Putting a -1/-1 counter on a creature during your upkeep won't let Crumbling Ashes destroy it that turn.
8/1/2008	If the targeted creature loses all its -1/-1 counters by the time the ability resolves, the ability won't resolve because its only target is illegal. The creature won't be destroyed.