Slate of Ancestry
Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins 25 • rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins
- Collector number
- 25
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Corey D. Macourek
- Market price
- $1.15
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 released as a rare artifact in the 2002 Onslaught expansion, serving as a powerful tribal engine for creature-heavy decks. It was later reprinted in the 2007 Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins, specifically chosen for the Elves side to bolster the deck's card-draw potential and emphasize the theme of racial synergy that defines the elven tribe within the game's lore.
The card art for the original printing was created by artist Greg Staples, whose work often leans into the dark, intricate fantasy aesthetic of the game. His illustration depicts a weathered stone tablet inscribed with ancestral carvings, intended to convey the weight of history and the collective power of a lineage. The design has remained a staple in casual and Commander formats, praised for its ability to turn board presence into resource advantage.
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