diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
index 838a5b492b8..4f917989f47 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
@@ -625,6 +625,13 @@ public class Player extends GameEntity implements Comparable<Player> {
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Ashiok Exile instead of paying life
+        if (hasKeyword("Exile library instead of pay life") && lifePayment <= getZone(ZoneType.Library).size()) {
+            // TODO is cause always set or not? if not then the ChangeZoneTable needs to trigger differently?
+            getGame().getAction().exile(getTopXCardsFromLibrary(lifePayment), cause);
+            return true;
+        }
+
         final int lost = loseLife(lifePayment, false, false);
         cause.setPaidLife(lifePayment);