---
name: "Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PWOE"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine Promos"
collector_number: "78p"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "67d66678-a8e6-4f80-bade-1f1daf4b0610"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ashiok-wicked-manipulator-pwoe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
If you would pay life while your library has at least that many cards in it, exile that many cards from the top of your library instead.
+1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Exile one of them and put the other into your hand.
−2: Create two 1/1 black Nightmare creature tokens with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put into exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this token."
−7: Target player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the total mana value of cards you own in exile.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver](/printing/ashiok-nightmare-weaver-pio.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
2. [Ashiok, Nightmare Muse](/printing/ashiok-nightmare-muse-thb.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
3. [Ashiok, Dream Render](/printing/ashiok-dream-render-sld.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
4. [Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears](/printing/ashiok-sculptor-of-fears-thb.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
5. [Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh](/printing/nicol-bolas-god-pharaoh-akr.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
6. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine Promos (PWOE) #78p
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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