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Akuta, Born of Ash
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Akuta, Born of Ash

{2}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Spirit

Haste

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may sacrifice a Swamp. If you do, return Akuta from your graveyard to the battlefield.

3 / 2

Haste
Set
Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK #61)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2005-06-03
Artist
Ben Thompson
EDHREC rank
#24,196
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.15
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Recursion

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Hero's Blade 56 %+56.0 %
  2. Syphon Mind 68 %+55.8 %
  3. Lashwrithe 55 %+51.1 %
  4. Blackblade Reforged 52 %+48.7 %
  5. Mask of Griselbrand 52 %+48.3 %
  6. Nightmare Lash 50 %+47.7 %
  7. Crucible of Worlds 48 %+46.6 %
  8. Sword of the Animist 48 %+44.5 %
  9. Scaretiller 44 %+43.2 %
  10. Disciple of Bolas 44 %+38.5 %
  11. Explorer's Scope 39 %+37.9 %
  12. Walking Atlas 39 %+37.9 %
  13. Wayfarer's Bauble 52 %+37.2 %
  14. Dread Presence 50 %+36.8 %
  15. Liliana of the Dark Realms 48 %+34.7 %
  16. Locust Miser 35 %+34.0 %
  17. Burnished Hart 40 %+33.7 %
  18. Grim Discovery 34 %+33.5 %
  19. Painful Quandary 44 %+33.4 %
  20. Grafted Wargear 32 %+32.0 %
  21. Solemn Simulacrum 52 %+30.8 %
  22. Gnat Miser 32 %+29.6 %
  23. Thought Vessel 53 %+28.8 %
  24. Burglar Rat 39 %+28.3 %
  25. Reliquary Tower 56 %+27.2 %
  26. Geth's Grimoire 34 %+27.0 %
  27. Rankle, Master of Pranks 39 %+26.9 %
  28. Greed 32 %+26.0 %
  29. Megrim 31 %+25.6 %
  30. Decanter of Endless Water 27 %+24.8 %
  31. Decree of Pain 29 %+24.1 %
  32. Words of Waste 24 %+23.0 %
  33. Raiders' Wake 26 %+22.7 %
  34. Nasty End 26 %+22.7 %
  35. Myriad Landscape 47 %+22.5 %
  36. Waste Not 32 %+22.1 %
  37. Decorum Dissertation 28 %+22.1 %
  38. Strata Scythe 23 %+21.9 %
  39. Mutilate 37 %+21.7 %
  40. Sign in Blood 56 %+21.6 %
  41. Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus 23 %+21.6 %
  42. Susur Secundi, Void Altar 29 %+21.5 %
  43. PuPu UFO 22 %+21.3 %
  44. Rotting Rats 24 %+21.2 %
  45. Elderfang Disciple 27 %+21.0 %
  46. Masterwork of Ingenuity 21 %+20.6 %
  47. Vicious Rumors 26 %+20.1 %
  48. Transmogrant's Crown 21 %+20.0 %
  49. Night's Whisper 45 %+19.8 %
  50. Unnerve 21 %+19.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.4 %
  2. Syphon Mind 68 %+55.8 %
  3. Sol Ring 63 %-22.5 %
  4. Sign in Blood 56 %+21.6 %
  5. Reliquary Tower 56 %+27.2 %
  6. Hero's Blade 56 %+56.0 %
  7. Feed the Swarm 56 %+6.1 %
  8. Lashwrithe 55 %+51.1 %
  9. Phyrexian Arena 55 %+15.6 %
  10. Thought Vessel 53 %+28.8 %
  11. Mask of Griselbrand 52 %+48.3 %
  12. Blackblade Reforged 52 %+48.7 %
  13. Wayfarer's Bauble 52 %+37.2 %
  14. Solemn Simulacrum 52 %+30.8 %
  15. Nightmare Lash 50 %+47.7 %
  16. Defile 50 %+14.7 %
  17. Dread Presence 50 %+36.8 %
  18. Sword of the Animist 48 %+44.5 %
  19. Liliana of the Dark Realms 48 %+34.7 %
  20. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 48 %+10.7 %
  21. Crucible of Worlds 48 %+46.6 %
  22. Jet Medallion 47 %-15.3 %
  23. Myriad Landscape 47 %+22.5 %
  24. Night's Whisper 45 %+19.8 %
  25. Dark Ritual 44 %-23.8 %
  26. Scaretiller 44 %+43.2 %
  27. Painful Quandary 44 %+33.4 %
  28. Disciple of Bolas 44 %+38.5 %
  29. Bojuka Bog 42 %-5.3 %
  30. Crypt Ghast 40 %-6.6 %
  31. Burnished Hart 40 %+33.7 %
  32. Village Rites 40 %+14.7 %
  33. Burglar Rat 39 %+28.3 %
  34. Deadly Dispute 39 %+11.7 %
  35. Explorer's Scope 39 %+37.9 %
  36. Cabal Coffers 39 %-16.1 %
  37. Rankle, Master of Pranks 39 %+26.9 %
  38. Walking Atlas 39 %+37.9 %
  39. Witch's Cottage 37 %+12.7 %
  40. Mutilate 37 %+21.7 %
  41. Arcane Signet 37 %-24.3 %
  42. Black Market Connections 35 %+10.5 %
  43. Rogue's Passage 35 %+16.0 %
  44. Locust Miser 35 %+34.0 %
  45. Grim Discovery 34 %+33.5 %
  46. Geth's Grimoire 34 %+27.0 %
  47. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 34 %-16.3 %
  48. Cabal Stronghold 34 %-0.1 %
  49. Read the Bones 32 %+16.5 %
  50. Toxic Deluge 32 %-4.6 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2005-06-01

    Akuta must already be in your graveyard as your upkeep begins in order for its ability to trigger.

  • 2005-06-01

    In multiplayer games, it checks for each opponent.

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