Where Ancients Tread
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.50 € · ★ 1.60 € · 0.85 $ · ★ 6.98 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Whenever a creature you control with power 5 or greater enters, you may have this enchantment deal 5 damage to any target.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-10-03
Flavour text
"Never subtle nor cryptic is the reckoning of the mighty." —Mayael the Anima
Rulings
The ability checks that creature's power only once: when that creature enters. The trigger checks a creature's initial power upon being put on the battlefield, so it will take into account counters that it enters with and static abilities that may give it a continuous power boost once it's on the battlefield (such as the one on Glorious Anthem). After the creature is already on the battlefield, boosting its power with a spell (such as Giant Growth), activated ability, or triggered ability won't allow this ability to trigger; it's too late by then. Once the ability triggers, it will resolve no matter what the creature's power may become while the ability is on the stack.