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Path of Ancestry, art by Alayna Danner
Art by Alayna Danner · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Path of Ancestry

Land

This land enters tapped. {T}: 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.)

Rulings (7)

Nov 10, 2020 · If you don't have a commander, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana.

Nov 10, 2020 · 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.

Nov 10, 2020 · 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.

Nov 10, 2020 · If your commander has no creature types, it can't share a creature type with any spell that you cast.

Nov 10, 2020 · 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 {C}.

Jul 28, 2023 · 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.

Jul 28, 2023 · 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.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernNot legal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperLegal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · cEDH

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=4 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Anje Falkenrath / Gretchen TitchwillowcEDH100%1
Anje, Maid of Dishonor / Strefan, Maurer ProgenitorcEDH100%1
Celes, Rune Knight / Joshua, Phoenix's DominantcEDH100%1
Merry, Warden of Isengard / Pippin, Warden of IsengardcEDH100%1
Data as of Jun 15, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Path of Ancestry — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=3 snapshots
Data as of Jun 15, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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