---
name: "Ashes of the Abhorrent"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "a75d5b54-5cc9-49c4-8e8c-3bef22d4c01c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ashes-of-the-abhorrent-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ashes of the Abhorrent
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or activate abilities of cards in graveyards.
Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.

> *"Que no quede ni rastro de la maldad de los vampiros".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grafdigger's Cage](/printing/grafdiggers-cage-m20.md) — Artifact
2. [Weathered Runestone](/printing/weathered-runestone-khm.md) — Artifact
3. [Soulless Jailer](/printing/soulless-jailer-pone.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
4. [Silent Gravestone](/printing/silent-gravestone-prix.md) — Artifact
5. [Yixlid Jailer](/printing/yixlid-jailer-prm.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
6. [Calamity's Wake](/printing/calamitys-wake-bro.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #2
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`