Card

Path of Ancestry

Land


Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)


  Secret Lair Drop (SLD)
#250, Rare

Illustrated by: Julio Reyna
Multiverse ID: 513476

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Modern
Not Legal Pioneer
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2020-11-10
    If you have two commanders, the last ability adds one mana of any color in their combined color identities.
  • 2020-11-10
    Your commander’s creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell spending mana from Path of Ancestry’s last ability. They aren’t set before the game begins, and they may not be the same types your commander had when you activated that ability. Notably, if your commander is in a hidden zone (like the hand or library) or is phased out, it’s considered to have no creature types.
  • 2020-11-10
    If your commander is a card that has no colors in its color identity, Path of Ancestry’s ability produces no mana. It doesn’t produce .
  • 2020-11-10
    If you cast your commander with mana from Path of Ancestry, and your commander hasn’t somehow lost all of its creature types while on the stack, you’ll scry 1.
  • 2020-11-10
    If your commander has no creature types, it can’t share a creature type with any spell that you cast.
  • 2020-11-10
    If Path of Ancestry’s last ability produces two mana (most likely due to Mana Reflection), spending those two mana to cast creature spells that share a creature type with your commander will cause two abilities to trigger. Each of those abilities will cause you to scry 1. You won’t scry 2. This is true whether you spend the mana on one creature spell or two.
  • 2020-11-10
    If you don’t have a commander, Path of Ancestry’s ability produces no mana.
  • 2020-11-10
    If you don't have a commander, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana.
  • 2020-11-10
    Your commander's creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell spending mana from Path of Ancestry's last ability. They aren't set before the game begins, and they may not be the same types your commander had when you activated that ability. Notably, if your commander is in a hidden zone (like the hand or library) or is phased out, it's considered to have no creature types.
  • 2020-11-10
    If your commander is a card that has no colors in its color identity, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana. It doesn't produce .
  • 2020-11-10
    If you cast your commander with mana from Path of Ancestry, and your commander hasn't somehow lost all of its creature types while on the stack, you'll scry 1.
  • 2020-11-10
    If your commander has no creature types, it can't share a creature type with any spell that you cast.
  • 2020-11-10
    If Path of Ancestry's last ability produces two mana (most likely due to Mana Reflection), spending those two mana to cast creature spells that share a creature type with your commander will cause two abilities to trigger. Each of those abilities will cause you to scry 1. You won't scry 2. This is true whether you spend the mana on one creature spell or two.
  • 2023-07-28
    If you have two commanders, the last ability adds one mana of any color in their combined color identities. When you spend that mana on a creature spell that shares a creature type with either of your commanders, you’ll scry 1.
  • 2023-07-28
    Your commander’s creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell spending mana from Path of Ancestry’s last ability. They aren’t set before the game begins, and they may not be the same types your commander had when you activated that ability.
  • 2023-07-28
    If you have two commanders, the last ability adds one mana of any color in their combined color identities. When you spend that mana on a creature spell that shares a creature type with either of your commanders, you'll scry 1.
  • 2023-07-28
    Your commander's creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell spending mana from Path of Ancestry's last ability. They aren't set before the game begins, and they may not be the same types your commander had when you activated that ability.
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