Path of Ancestry

The List (PLST) #BLC-322 · Common · Land

This land enters tapped.
{T}: 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.)

Illustrated by Alayna Danner · Released September 28, 2026

Printings

  1. Mystery Booster Commander Edition #80 (MBC) · Common · 2026
  2. Reality Fracture Commander #77 (FRC) · Common · 2026 · $0.20 USD
  3. The List #BLC-322 (this printing) · Common · 2026
  4. Secret Lair Drop #2684 (SLD) · Rare · 2026 · $1.61 USD
  5. Marvel Super Heroes Commander #254 (MSC) · Common · 2026 · $0.28 USD
  6. Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #393 (SOC) · Common · 2026 · $0.32 USD
  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal #70 (TMC) · Common · 2026 · $0.26 USD
  8. Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander #158 (ECC) · Common · 2026 · $0.30 USD
  9. Secret Lair Drop #914 (SLD) · Rare · 2025 · $28.80 USD foil
  10. Final Fantasy Commander #411 (FIC) · Common · 2025 · $0.32 USD
  11. The List #M3C-363 (PLST) · Common · 2025 · $0.34 USD
  12. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #382 (TDC) · Common · 2025 · $0.23 USD
  13. Aetherdrift Commander #166 (DRC) · Common · 2025 · $0.25 USD
  14. Aetherdrift Commander #61 (DRC) · Common · 2025 · $0.27 USD
  15. The List #NCC-419 (PLST) · Common · 2024 · $0.34 USD
  16. Bloomburrow Commander #322 (BLC) · Common · 2024 · $0.34 USD
  17. Modern Horizons 3 Commander #363 (M3C) · Common · 2024 · $0.38 USD
  18. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #310 (OTC) · Common · 2024 · $0.25 USD
  19. Fallout #279 (PIP) · Common · 2024 · $0.36 USD
  20. Fallout #807 (PIP) · Common · 2024 · $5.42 USD foil
  21. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #279 (MKC) · Common · 2024 · $0.29 USD
  22. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #346 (LCC) · Common · 2023 · $0.29 USD
  23. Doctor Who #293 (WHO) · Common · 2023 · $0.31 USD
  24. Doctor Who #884 (WHO) · Common · 2023 · $4.06 USD foil
  25. Wilds of Eldraine Commander #165 (WOC) · Common · 2023 · $0.26 USD
  26. Commander Masters #423 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.26 USD
  27. Commander Masters #661 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.92 USD
  28. Tales of Middle-earth Commander #322 (LTC) · Common · 2023 · $0.31 USD
  29. The List #C17-56 (PLST) · Common · 2023 · $0.30 USD
  30. March of the Machine Commander #418 (MOC) · Common · 2023 · $0.33 USD
  31. Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander #161 (ONC) · Common · 2023 · $0.30 USD
  32. Starter Commander Decks #312 (SCD) · Common · 2022 · $0.18 USD
  33. The Brothers' War Commander #192 (BRC) · Common · 2022 · $0.43 USD
  34. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #287 (40K) · Common · 2022 · $0.34 USD
  35. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #287★ (40K) · Common · 2022 · $0.98 USD foil
  36. 30th Anniversary Play Promos #25 (P30A) · Rare · 2022 · $0.72 USD foil
  37. Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #907 (CLB) · Common · 2022 · $0.34 USD
  38. New Capenna Commander #419 (NCC) · Common · 2022 · $0.27 USD
  39. Love Your LGS 2021 #C3 (PLG21) · Rare · 2021 · $4.56 USD
  40. The List #CMR-353 (PLST) · Common · 2021 · $0.37 USD foil
  41. Crimson Vow Commander #177 (VOC) · Common · 2021 · $0.27 USD
  42. Midnight Hunt Commander #178 (MIC) · Common · 2021 · $0.26 USD
  43. Forgotten Realms Commander #254 (AFC) · Common · 2021 · $0.29 USD
  44. Secret Lair Drop #250 (SLD) · Rare · 2021 · $3.74 USD
  45. Kaldheim Commander #117 (KHC) · Common · 2021 · $0.25 USD
  46. Magic Online Promos #86112 (PRM) · Common · 2020
  47. Commander Legends #353 (CMR) · Common · 2020 · $0.29 USD
  48. Commander Legends #708 (CMR) · Common · 2020 · $1.86 USD
  49. Commander 2020 #298 (C20) · Common · 2020 · $0.34 USD
  50. Treasure Chest #65679 (PZ2) · Common · 2017
  51. Commander 2017 #56 (C17) · Common · 2017 · $0.31 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2020-11-10 · wotc — If you don't have a commander, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana.
  2. 2020-11-10 · wotc — If you cast your commander with mana from Path of Ancestry, and your commander hasn't somehow lost all of its creature types while on the stack, you'll scry 1.
  3. 2020-11-10 · wotc — If Path of Ancestry's last ability produces two mana (most likely due to Mana Reflection), spending those two mana to cast creature spells that share a creature type with your commander will cause two abilities to trigger. Each of those abilities will cause you to scry 1. You won't scry 2. This is true whether you spend the mana on one creature spell or two.
  4. 2020-11-10 · wotc — If your commander has no creature types, it can't share a creature type with any spell that you cast.
  5. 2020-11-10 · wotc — If your commander is a card that has no colors in its color identity, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana. It doesn't produce {C}.
  6. 2023-07-28 · wotc — If you have two commanders, the last ability adds one mana of any color in their combined color identities. When you spend that mana on a creature spell that shares a creature type with either of your commanders, you'll scry 1.
  7. 2023-07-28 · wotc — Your commander's creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell spending mana from Path of Ancestry's last ability. They aren't set before the game begins, and they may not be the same types your commander had when you activated that ability.

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