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Ashen Ghoul
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uncommon · Creature — Zombie

Ashen Ghoul

uncommon · Creature — Zombie · Ice Age
$0.31
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$0.37
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Oracle Text

Haste
{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep and only if three or more creature cards are above this card.

Card Details

3/1Power / Toughness
{3}{B}Mana Cost
1Prints

Character Background

Ashen Ghoul is a grim little recursion engine that fits best in a grindy aggro or value-oriented black deck, where repeated pressure matters more than raw size. A 3/1 with haste for four mana already asks the opponent to respect sudden damage, but its real strength is the graveyard loop: paying {B} during your upkeep to bring it back can turn removal into a temporary setback, especially if your deck naturally stocks the graveyard. The “three or more creature cards above this card” clause rewards careful graveyard ordering, so self-mill, sacrifice outlets, and discard effects become especially useful deckbuilding tools. Cards that let you sacrifice creatures at instant speed or place multiple bodies into the yard can help set up the correct position and keep Ashen Ghoul coming back. In Ice Age-era black decks, it works as a resilient threat that keeps attacking through attrition, making it ideal for players who want inevitability without abandoning early aggression.

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Character Background

Ashen Ghoul is a grim little recursion engine that fits best in a grindy aggro or value-oriented black deck, where repeated pressure matters more than raw size. A 3/1 with haste for four mana already asks the opponent to respect sudden damage, but its real strength is the graveyard loop: paying {B} during your upkeep to bring it back can turn removal into a temporary setback, especially if your deck naturally stocks the graveyard. The “three or more creature cards above this card” clause rewards careful graveyard ordering, so self-mill, sacrifice outlets, and discard effects become especially useful deckbuilding tools. Cards that let you sacrifice creatures at instant speed or place multiple bodies into the yard can help set up the correct position and keep Ashen Ghoul coming back. In Ice Age-era black decks, it works as a resilient threat that keeps attacking through attrition, making it ideal for players who want inevitability without abandoning early aggression.

Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 06:10:43 UTC

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