Path of Ancestry
Land
This land enters 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.)
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperLegal
#14 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of October 16, 2026).
Selling Path of Ancestry?
Most copies of Path of Ancestry are worth under $1, so we buy them as bulk.
All 49 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster Commander Edition MBC | 80 | Oct 2026 | – | – |
| Reality Fracture Commander FRC | 77 | Oct 2026 | $0.20 | – |
| The List PLST | BLC-322 | Sep 2026 | – | – |
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 2684 | Jul 2026 | $1.61 | $2.66 |
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander MSC | 254 | Jun 2026 | $0.28 | – |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Commander SOC | 393 | Apr 2026 | $0.32 | – |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal TMC | 70 | Mar 2026 | $0.26 | – |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander ECC | 158 | Jan 2026 | $0.30 | – |
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 914 | Nov 2025 | – | $28.80 |
| Final Fantasy Commander FIC | 411 | Jun 2025 | $0.32 | – |
| The List PLST | M3C-363 | May 2025 | $0.34 | – |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander TDC | 382 | Apr 2025 | $0.23 | – |
| Aetherdrift Commander DRC | 61 | Feb 2025 | $0.27 | – |
| Aetherdrift Commander DRC | 166 | Feb 2025 | $0.25 | – |
| The List PLST | NCC-419 | Dec 2024 | $0.34 | – |
| Bloomburrow Commander BLC | 322 | Aug 2024 | $0.34 | – |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander M3C | 363 | Jun 2024 | $0.38 | – |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander OTC | 310 | Apr 2024 | $0.25 | – |
| Fallout PIP | 807 | Mar 2024 | – | $5.42 |
| Fallout PIP | 279 | Mar 2024 | $0.36 | $0.66 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander MKC | 279 | Feb 2024 | $0.29 | – |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander LCC | 346 | Nov 2023 | $0.29 | – |
| Doctor Who WHO | 293 | Oct 2023 | $0.31 | $0.47 |
| Doctor Who WHO | 884 | Oct 2023 | – | $4.06 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Commander WOC | 165 | Sep 2023 | $0.26 | – |
| Commander Masters CMM | 423 | Aug 2023 | $0.26 | $0.40 |
| Commander Masters CMM | 661 | Aug 2023 | $0.92 | $1.85 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander LTC | 322 | Jun 2023 | $0.31 | – |
| The List PLST | C17-56 | May 2023 | $0.30 | – |
| March of the Machine Commander MOC | 418 | Apr 2023 | $0.33 | – |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander ONC | 161 | Feb 2023 | $0.30 | – |
| Starter Commander Decks SCD | 312 | Dec 2022 | $0.18 | – |
| The Brothers' War Commander BRC | 192 | Nov 2022 | $0.43 | – |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander 40K | 287 | Oct 2022 | $0.34 | – |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander 40K | 287★ | Oct 2022 | – | $0.98 |
| 30th Anniversary Play Promos P30A | 25 | Sep 2022 | – | $0.72 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate CLB | 907 | Jun 2022 | $0.34 | – |
| New Capenna Commander NCC | 419 | Apr 2022 | $0.27 | – |
| Love Your LGS 2021 PLG21 | C3 | Dec 2021 | $4.56 | $9.58 |
| The List PLST | CMR-353 | Nov 2021 | – | $0.37 |
| Crimson Vow Commander VOC | 177 | Nov 2021 | $0.27 | – |
| Midnight Hunt Commander MIC | 178 | Sep 2021 | $0.26 | – |
| Forgotten Realms Commander AFC | 254 | Jul 2021 | $0.29 | – |
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 250 | Feb 2021 | $3.74 | $4.64 |
| Kaldheim Commander KHC | 117 | Feb 2021 | $0.25 | – |
| Commander Legends CMR | 353 | Nov 2020 | $0.29 | $0.40 |
| Commander Legends CMR | 708 | Nov 2020 | $1.86 | $2.67 |
| Commander 2020 C20 | 298 | Apr 2020 | $0.34 | – |
| Commander 2017 C17 | 56 | Aug 2017 | $0.31 | – |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
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Rulings
If you don't have a commander, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana.
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.
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.
If your commander has no creature types, it can't share a creature type with any spell that you cast.
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 .
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.
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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