Ancestral Memories

Seventh Edition (7ED) #59 · Rare · Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}{U}

Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
—Lewis Carroll,
*Through the Looking Glass*

Illustrated by Rebecca Guay · Released April 11, 2001

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: no net change at $0.36 USD; low $0.36 USD, high $0.38 USD.

Printings

  1. The List #POR-40 (PLST) · Rare · 2023 · $0.27 USD
  2. Seventh Edition #59 (this printing) · Rare · 2001 · $0.36 USD
  3. Seventh Edition #59★ (7ED) · Rare · 2001 · $60.41 USD foil
  4. Classic Sixth Edition #57 (6ED) · Rare · 1999 · $0.38 USD
  5. Portal #40 (POR) · Rare · 1997 · $0.50 USD
  6. Mirage #52 (MIR) · Rare · 1996 · $0.48 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2004-10-04 · wotc — This is not considered a draw or a discard.
  2. 2004-10-04 · wotc — If there are less than 7 cards in the library, look at all of them. Put two into your hand, and the rest in the graveyard.

All cards in Seventh Edition (7ED)