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Ancestors' Aid
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Lost Caverns of IxalanLCI · #132
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.16 € · ★ 0.15 € · 0.30 $ · ★ 0.36 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Alessandra Pisano
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-11-17
Flavour text
"You surface-dwellers may have forgotten your history, but it has not forgotten you." —Akal Pakal, First Steward of Oteclan
Rulings
If the target of Ancestors' Aid is illegal as the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't create a Treasure token.
