Slate of Ancestry
Starter Commander Decks 275 • rare
- Set
- Starter Commander Decks
- Collector number
- 275
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Corey D. Macourek
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
4 generic mana, tap, Discard your hand: Draw a card for each creature you control.
The pattern of life can be studied like a book, if you know how to read it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Slate of Ancestry was originally introduced to the Magic: The Gathering trading card game in the 2002 Onslaught expansion. Designed as an artifact that rewards tribal deck building, the card allows players to draw a significant number of cards based on the count of creatures they control that share a chosen creature type. Its mechanical design emphasizes the synergy inherent in creature-heavy decks, providing a powerful resource-gathering engine that has remained a staple in commander-focused formats for decades.
The specific printing of the Slate of Ancestry as card number 275 in the Starter Commander Decks reflects the game's ongoing initiative to provide accessible, pre-constructed entry points for new players. By including such a classic utility card in these decks, the publishers aimed to provide newcomers with a proven, effective tool for maintaining hand advantage. Its art and mechanics are part of a long lineage of support cards designed to facilitate the strategic depth central to the Commander format.
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