Path of Ancestry
Doctor Who 884 • common
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Collector number
- 884
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Fang Xinyu
- Finish
- Surge
- Market price
- $3.79
What it does
This land enters tapped.
tap: 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.)
"It's the TARDIS. It's my home! Or, at least it has been for a considerable number of years."— The Second Doctor
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Path of Ancestry was released as part of the Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who Commander set in 2023. Designed as a utility land, the card serves a functional role in tribal-focused decks by allowing players to scry whenever they cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with their commander. This particular printing features bespoke artwork commissioned for the Doctor Who expansion, aligning with the collaborative nature of the Universes Beyond series.
The visual design aims to evoke the vast, temporal history of the Doctor, utilizing imagery that reflects the interconnected timelines and ancestral narrative threads central to the series. Illustrators for the set were tasked with bridging the gap between traditional fantasy aesthetics and the specific sci-fi iconography of the BBC franchise. Upon release, the card was well-received by players for its efficiency and its thematic resonance with the multi-generational history of the Doctor's character.
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