Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence

As of Aug 6, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence is $2.98 (SOK #145), and the most expensive is $29.50 (SOK #145, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $2.98, up 0.7% over 7 days, down 1.0% over 30 days, up 3.5% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $3.05 (2026).

Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

SOK #145

$2.98

CK $4.99 / $2.00 33%

MP $2.17 21 avail

SOK #145 Foil

$29.50 +890%

CK $44.99 / $22.50 24%

MP $32.85 3 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $22.50 cash for SOK #145 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Jun 1, 2005 Each Ascendant is legendary in both its unflipped and flipped forms. This means that effects that look for legendary creature cards, such as Time of Need and Captain Sisay, can find an Ascendant.
• Jun 1, 2005 If Sasaya's Essence's controller has four Forests and taps one of them for {G}, the Essence will add {G}{G}{G} for a total of {G}{G}{G}{G}.
• Jun 1, 2005 If Sasaya's Essence's controller has four Mossfire Valley and taps one of them for {R}{G}, the Essence will add three mana (one for each other Mossfire Valley) of any combination of {R} and/or {G}.
• Jun 1, 2005 If Sasaya's Essence's controller has two Brushlands and taps one of them for {W}, Sasaya's Essence adds another {W}. It won't produce {G} or {C} unless the land was tapped for {G} or {C} instead.
• Jun 1, 2005 Sasaya's Essence has a triggered mana ability. Like activated mana abilities, the triggered mana ability doesn't use the stack.

Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence has been reprinted 2 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
SOK #145	2005-06-03	Rare	Standard
SOK #145	2005-06-03	Rare	Standard

Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence is the #16,813 most-played card on EDHREC, down 182 places over the last 30 days.