Bloodchief Ascension

Combos with Bloodchief Ascension

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

• Zur's Weirding Infinite
  • Your opponents mill cards instead of drawing them
  • Lock
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
• Mindcrank Infinite
  • Infinite mill
  • Near-infinite lifegain
  • Near-infinite lifegain triggers
  • Near-infinite lifeloss
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• Hair-Strung Koto Famished Paladin Infinite
  • Infinite mill
  • Near-infinite lifegain
  • Near-infinite lifegain triggers
  • Near-infinite lifeloss
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
• Hair-Strung Koto Lurking Roper Infinite
  • Infinite mill
  • Near-infinite lifegain
  • Near-infinite lifegain triggers
  • Near-infinite lifeloss
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →

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Rulings

5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

• 2009-10-01

  Bloodchief Ascension's second ability doesn't behave like a leaves-the-battlefield triggered ability, since the card put into an opponent's graveyard may come from anywhere. If a Bloodchief Ascension with three quest counters on it and a permanent an opponent owns are destroyed at the same time, for example, the game will not "look back in time" at the game state, and Bloodchief Ascension's second ability won't trigger.

• 2009-10-01

  Bloodchief Ascension's first ability checks only whether life was lost. It doesn't care whether life was also gained. For example, if an opponent lost 4 life and gained 6 life during the turn, that player will have a higher life total than they started the turn with — but Bloodchief Ascension's first ability will still trigger.

• 2009-10-01

  For the first ability to trigger, a single opponent must have lost 2 life. Two opponents each losing 1 life won't cause it to trigger. It will trigger a maximum of once per turn, no matter how many opponents have lost 2 or more life.

• 2009-10-01

  Bloodchief Ascension's first ability has an "intervening 'if' clause." It won't trigger at all unless an opponent has already lost 2 or more life by the time the end step begins.

• 2009-10-01

  Bloodchief Ascension's first ability checks how much life was lost by each opponent over the course of the entire turn, even if Bloodchief Ascension wasn't on the battlefield the whole time.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Bloodchief Ascension, whatever its commander.