Ashnod the Uncaring

Gameplan

Build a sacrifice-fueled engine where you pay sac costs to activate artifact and creature abilities, then copy them for free thanks to Ashnod. You generate tokens to feed those activations and snowball value—doubling damage pings, card draw, removal, and reanimation triggers until the table dies to incremental advantage. Most games end by chaining copied activations into a lethal loop or an oversized payoff.

Key Cards

• Goblin Bombardment — Sac a creature to deal 1 damage, copied for a second ping—turns any token stream into a damage engine.
• Krark-Clan Ironworks — Sacrifice artifacts for mana, but its activation copies let you ramp explosively when paired with non-mana sac outlets.
• Ashnod's Altar — Each sac for mana can trigger copies on other outlets and fuels the whole sacrifice subtheme she loves.
• Phyrexian Altar — Mana plus copy potential to chain reanimation and sacrifice loops.
• Woodfall Primus — With a recursion outlet, sac-and-copy effects let you blow up multiple permanents repeatedly.

Upgrade Path

Lean into tight infinite combos—pair free token/mana generators with a sac-cost damage or mill outlet so a single copy ends the game. Add fast mana (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, the various Altars) and protection like Lightning Greaves to keep Ashnod alive, since the engine collapses without her. Tutors such as Demonic and Gamble plus artifact recursion (Goblin Welder, Daretti) make your combos consistent and resilient.