---
name: "Aspirant's Ascent"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ONE"
set_name: "Phyrexia: All Will Be One"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Eli Minaya"
oracle_id: "ed9c488a-9d44-4d2d-bcf8-81352193b8c2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aspirants-ascent-one"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Aspirant's Ascent
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+3 and gains flying and toxic 1. (Players dealt combat damage by that creature also get a poison counter.)

> *Für die Aspiranten der Fortschrittsmaschine ist es eine große Ehre, in die oberen Bereiche der Sphäre aufsteigen zu dürfen. Manchen werden vorher sogar Flügel gewährt.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flensing Raptor](/printing/flensing-raptor-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Bird
2. [Pistus Strike](/printing/pistus-strike-mbs.md) — Instant
3. [Blightwing Whelp](/printing/blightwing-whelp-yone.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
4. [Pestilent Syphoner](/printing/pestilent-syphoner-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
5. [Noxious Assault](/printing/noxious-assault-one.md) — Sorcery
6. [Aerial Maneuver](/printing/aerial-maneuver-gtc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) #40
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Eli Minaya
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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