Ancestral Recall
Collectors' Edition 48 • rare
- Set
- Collectors' Edition
- Collector number
- 48
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Market price
- $625.00
What it does
Target player draws three cards.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyBanned
- VintageRestricted
- CommanderBanned
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerBanned
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Where it came from
Ancestral Recall was first released in 1993 as part of the Alpha set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, designed by Richard Garfield. As one of the Power Nine, it became famous for its immense mechanical efficiency, allowing a player to draw three cards for a single mana. The Collector's Edition version was released in 1993 as a non-tournament legal boxed set intended for collectors, featuring square corners and gold-bordered backs to distinguish the cards from those permitted in organized play.
The artwork for Ancestral Recall was created by illustrator Mark Poole. His ethereal, dreamlike depiction of a figure reaching toward floating imagery was intended to capture the abstract concept of retrieving memories from the subconscious. While tournament players initially gravitated toward the functional power of the card, the Collector's Edition has since gained its own historical significance as a premium archive of the game's original visual identity, reflecting the aesthetic sensibilities of early nineties fantasy art.
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