Crumbling Ashes
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This printing
SetEVE
Collector #35
Released2008-07-25
Rarityuncommon
ArtistChuck Lukacs
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Crumbling Ashes

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy target creature with a -1/-1 counter on it.
Card capabilities
Creature removalEnchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (3)
wotc1 Aug 2008
You can’t target a creature unless it already has a -1/-1 counter on it as your upkeep begins. Putting a -1/-1 counter on a creature during your upkeep won’t let Crumbling Ashes destroy it that turn.
wotc1 Aug 2008
This ability is mandatory. If you’re the only player who controls a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it as your upkeep begins, you must target one of your own creatures.
wotc1 Aug 2008
If the targeted creature loses all its -1/-1 counters by the time the ability resolves, the ability won’t resolve because its only target is illegal. The creature won’t be destroyed.