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Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

Legendary Creature — Elemental

Ashaya wants a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons. It also works in a deck built around Elementals.

  • Mana cost3 genericgreengreen
  • Green ()
  • Power / toughness* / *
  • RarityMythic

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.)

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Cards That Fit Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

Picked for what they do in Ashaya's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Ashaya's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

explain how Ashaya works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2020

A land that's a Forest has the intrinsic mana ability "{T}: Add {G}."

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2020

As long as Ashaya is on the battlefield, it's affected by its second ability and thus its first ability counts itself.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2020

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.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2020

The ability that defines Ashaya's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2020

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).

5 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Ashaya, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.Typal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageCreature Type EnablerChanges what creature types your permanents count as, often making everything the type you need. It lets a deck built around one creature type work with cards that were never that type. Maskwood Nexus, Ashaya, Soul of the WildOpen the Creature Type Enabler pageType ChangerAdds a type to permanents on top of the types they already have. Making everything an artifact or a land switches on cards that only interact with that type. Liquimetal Torque, Phyrexian MetamorphOpen the Type Changer pageStat ScalingA creature whose power and toughness count something, so it grows as the game goes on. It might count lands you control or cards in your graveyard. Craterhoof Behemoth, Psychosis CrawlerOpen the Stat Scaling page