First printed in Zendikar (2009)
Enchantment
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if you didn't lose life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.): Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Activate only if this enchantment has four or more quest counters on it.
- Illustrated by
- Michael Komarck
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- Luminarch Ascension's first ability doesn't trigger if you have lost life before an opponent's end step begins. If it does trigger but you lose life before it resolves, it does nothing and you won't put a quest counter on Luminarch Ascension.
- Luminarch Ascension's first ability cares only whether you lost life this turn, even if Luminarch Ascension wasn't on the battlefield when that happened. It doesn't care how much you lost, whether you also gained life, or even whether you gained more life than you lost.
- You can activate Luminarch Ascension's last ability during the end step in which it receives its fourth quest counter.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
53 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension + Wild Growth
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension + Utopia Sprawl
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension + Mirari's Wake
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension + Parallel Lives
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Doubling Season + Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Anointed Procession + Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension + Mondrak, Glory Dominus
- Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB…: Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension + Nyxbloom Ancient
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Earthcraft + Luminarch Ascension + Mana Reflection
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Earthcraft + Elspeth, Storm Slayer + Luminarch Ascension