He's mostly a casual walker, but that's no mark of shame out of my mouth. He looks fun to play and hell he might find a deck in the future. It's been brought up in recent past that he's a pretty good walker in the control mirror. His timer counting up is a threat, he grabs Omenseers for days, and he's mostly safe in that mirror, barring Hero's Downfall.
Anyway, if you're doubting his ultimate's worth, at the very least I can tell you his ultimate is better than nearly anything you could get for -10 from him in EDH. Identity Crisis is an absolutely damning card in EDH that barring the most incredible board position takes you out of the game if it resolves. This guy Crisis' all your opponents and if you have any spare loyalty he can start building up to cast their hands and graveyards.
Posted By:
Doom_Lich
(10/1/2013 5:32:01 AM)
Interesting card, and interesting character. 5/5
Posted By:
Volafortis
(10/1/2013 11:29:49 PM)
Going in my Damia, Sage of Stone EDH mill deck. I don't mind that it's -X and -10 abilities will hardly be used - repeatable "mill" is good.
Buddy pulled this in his sealed pool and he managed to drop this on turn 3 and then proceeded to 'mill' me down to about 7 cards (of 43). I managed to attack it enough times to kill it, but only because I was able to draft a strong collection of blue and/or white fliers that he could never block. Most intense sealed match I've played to date.
Posted By:
TheShadow344
(10/2/2013 4:04:28 PM)
@ThisisSakon i see what you did there.
Posted By:
oxydus
(10/3/2013 7:33:27 AM)
You will see so many red or blue spells in Type2 such as Magma Jet or Dissolve . No need to mention all the scry lands that are being played in so many deck. This guy is the Anti-Scry planeswalker. He just makes all Scry cards to nothing.
BTW, you might already know that he perfectly fits with Azorius Charm and Time Ebb . Make sure put 4 Charms or 0-a few Time Ebb in your deck so that your stealth could be more precise.
Very powerful PW + Incredible art = 5/5 for me.
Posted By:
Ike38
(10/5/2013 9:54:22 AM)
Thrown off by the gray skin and facelessness, I thought Ashiok was a Returned from Theros, but I was way off. Returned probably can't become planeswalkers, and while they don't have faces, they still have HEADS. Ashiok isn't wearing a mask!
Posted By:
JimmyNoobPlayer
(10/7/2013 5:06:31 AM)
Is Ashiok the first planeswalker that doesn't protruding the card box?
Posted By:
Cyberium
(10/14/2013 11:07:56 PM)
I see Ashiok as more entertaining than totally practical. The Planeswalker formula I prefer is:
+X = Help you to have a better board position or defend itself: Sorin puts out lifelink dudes, Chandra deals a bit of damage, Jace offers card advantage (typically.) Ashiok merely exiles only three cards from an opponents library that might have potential your next turn.
-X = You're in a tight spot, so use its middle ability to help you out a little more: Ajani Vengeant performs a Lightning Helix to kill something and heal you a little, Ral bolts something, Garruk either puts out a beast or has you draw some cards. Ashiok can't even use this ability when he first comes out (budum tss) to the battlefield, and he's not guaranteed to ever use it successfully.
-A lot = You've worked hard to keep your Planeswalker alive, so here is something really cool that co... (see all)
Posted By:
Kashi70
(10/26/2013 5:01:20 PM)
The bottom effect is not completely negligible, the other day I managed to mill out my friend by ultimating Jace Beleren and then I exiled their hand and graveyard, leaving them with seven lands and a baleful strix, a creature which came after a massive black sun's zenith.
So the effect is relatively worthless, but the first two effects (and the CMC) are good enough to put Ashiok as a two of in my grixis and esper decks.
Posted By:
StrayWanderer
(10/29/2013 8:48:08 PM)
This card is so good with Azorius Charm. You charm their creature, then on your turn exile it with Ashiok. Did this at an FNM on an Obzedat, and my opponent couldn't recover.
Posted By:
MrSunso
(11/1/2013 7:59:40 PM)