Ancestors' Aid
The List (PLST) #LCI-132 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {1}{R}
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
"You surface-dwellers may have forgotten your history, but it has not forgotten you."
—Akal Pakal, First Steward of Oteclan
Illustrated by Alessandra Pisano · Released May 18, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.25 USD · €0.12 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: no net change at $0.25 USD; low $0.24 USD, high $0.26 USD.
Printings
- The List #LCI-132 (this printing) · Common · 2026 · $0.25 USD
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #132 (LCI) · Common · 2023 · $0.28 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2023-11-10 · wotc — If the target of Ancestors' Aid is illegal as the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't create a Treasure token.
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