Path of Ancestry
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander 161 • common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
- Collector number
- 161
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Alayna Danner
- Market price
- $0.31
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.)
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 originally introduced in the Commander 2017 set as a utility land designed to support tribal-focused deck strategies. By allowing players to scry whenever they cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with their commander, it provides a functional benefit that rewards thematic deck building. Its design was intended to offer a reliable mana fixing tool that scales effectively in the multiplayer format where commander synergy is the primary focus.
This specific printing appeared in the Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander set in 2023. The artwork depicts a stylized, swirling gateway reflecting the aesthetic themes of the Phyrexian plane, fitting the expansion's grim, biomechanical motif. Since its debut, the card has become a staple in the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem, favored by players for its balance of mana versatility and deck filtering capabilities, ensuring its inclusion in a wide array of multicolored decks.
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