---
name: "Ashiok, Nightmare Muse"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "THB"
set_name: "Theros Beyond Death"
collector_number: "208"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "ebc9ff52-c914-4c48-9d35-0e4cd07741cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ashiok-nightmare-muse-thb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
- **Starting Loyalty:** 5

## Oracle Text
+1: Create a 2/3 blue and black Nightmare creature token with "Whenever this token attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library."
−3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand, then that player exiles a card from their hand.
−7: You may cast up to three spells from among face-up cards your opponents own from exile without paying their mana costs.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver](/printing/ashiok-nightmare-weaver-pio.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
2. [Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator](/printing/ashiok-wicked-manipulator-pwoe.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
3. [Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears](/printing/ashiok-sculptor-of-fears-thb.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
4. [Ashiok, Dream Render](/printing/ashiok-dream-render-sld.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
5. [Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh](/printing/nicol-bolas-god-pharaoh-akr.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
6. [Mesmeric Fiend](/printing/mesmeric-fiend-ddk.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros Beyond Death (THB) #208
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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