Path of Ancestry

Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #165 · 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 8, 2023

Prices

• Nonfoil: $0.26 USD · €0.15 EUR

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.01 USD (3.7%) to $0.26 USD; low $0.26 USD, high $0.28 USD.

Printings

1. Mystery Booster Commander Edition #80 (MBC) · Common · 2026
2. Reality Fracture Commander #77 (FRC) · Common · 2026 · $0.20 USD
3. Secret Lair Drop #2684 (SLD) · Rare · 2026 · $1.56 USD
4. Marvel Super Heroes Commander #254 (MSC) · Common · 2026 · $0.35 USD
5. Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #393 (SOC) · Common · 2026 · $0.63 USD
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal #70 (TMC) · Common · 2026 · $0.26 USD
7. Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander #158 (ECC) · Common · 2026 · $0.26 USD
8. Secret Lair Drop #914 (SLD) · Rare · 2025 · $28.69 USD foil
9. Final Fantasy Commander #411 (FIC) · Common · 2025 · $0.32 USD
10. The List #M3C-363 (PLST) · Common · 2025 · $0.34 USD
11. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #382 (TDC) · Common · 2025 · $0.25 USD
12. Aetherdrift Commander #166 (DRC) · Common · 2025 · $0.24 USD
13. Aetherdrift Commander #61 (DRC) · Common · 2025 · $0.27 USD
14. The List #NCC-419 (PLST) · Common · 2024 · $0.34 USD
15. Bloomburrow Commander #322 (BLC) · Common · 2024 · $0.34 USD
16. Modern Horizons 3 Commander #363 (M3C) · Common · 2024 · $0.35 USD
17. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #310 (OTC) · Common · 2024 · $0.26 USD
18. Fallout #279 (PIP) · Common · 2024 · $0.23 USD
19. Fallout #807 (PIP) · Common · 2024 · $5.42 USD foil
20. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #279 (MKC) · Common · 2024 · $0.29 USD
21. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #346 (LCC) · Common · 2023 · $0.23 USD
22. Doctor Who #293 (WHO) · Common · 2023 · $0.28 USD
23. Doctor Who #884 (WHO) · Common · 2023 · $3.67 USD foil
24. Wilds of Eldraine Commander #165 (this printing) · Common · 2023 · $0.26 USD
25. Commander Masters #423 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.26 USD
26. Commander Masters #661 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.87 USD
27. Tales of Middle-earth Commander #322 (LTC) · Common · 2023 · $0.35 USD
28. The List #C17-56 (PLST) · Common · 2023 · $0.30 USD
29. March of the Machine Commander #418 (MOC) · Common · 2023 · $0.32 USD
30. Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander #161 (ONC) · Common · 2023 · $0.28 USD
31. Starter Commander Decks #312 (SCD) · Common · 2022 · $0.17 USD
32. The Brothers' War Commander #192 (BRC) · Common · 2022 · $0.42 USD
33. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #287 (40K) · Common · 2022 · $0.34 USD
34. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #287★ (40K) · Common · 2022 · $0.98 USD foil
35. 30th Anniversary Play Promos #25 (P30A) · Rare · 2022 · $0.75 USD foil
36. Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #907 (CLB) · Common · 2022 · $0.34 USD
37. New Capenna Commander #419 (NCC) · Common · 2022 · $0.28 USD
38. Love Your LGS 2021 #C3 (PLG21) · Rare · 2021 · $4.56 USD
39. The List #CMR-353 (PLST) · Common · 2021 · $0.37 USD foil
40. Crimson Vow Commander #177 (VOC) · Common · 2021 · $0.31 USD
41. Midnight Hunt Commander #178 (MIC) · Common · 2021 · $0.27 USD
42. Forgotten Realms Commander #254 (AFC) · Common · 2021 · $0.30 USD
43. Secret Lair Drop #250 (SLD) · Rare · 2021 · $3.74 USD
44. Kaldheim Commander #117 (KHC) · Common · 2021 · $0.25 USD
45. Magic Online Promos #86112 (PRM) · Common · 2020
46. Commander Legends #353 (CMR) · Common · 2020 · $0.29 USD
47. Commander Legends #708 (CMR) · Common · 2020 · $1.86 USD
48. Commander 2020 #298 (C20) · Common · 2020 · $0.34 USD
49. Treasure Chest #65679 (PZ2) · Common · 2017
50. Commander 2017 #56 (C17) · Common · 2017 · $0.32 USD

Legality

• Standard: Not legal
• Alchemy: Not legal
• Pioneer: Not legal
• Historic: Not legal
• Modern: Not legal
• Brawl: Not legal
• Legacy: Legal
• Timeless: Not legal
• Vintage: Legal
• Pauper: Legal
• Commander: Legal
• Penny: Legal
• Oathbreaker: Legal
• Duel: Legal

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.

Played in these commander decks

1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will · in 90% of 39 decks
2. Admiral Brass, Unsinkable · in 85% of 46 decks
3. Hazel of the Rootbloom · in 85% of 39 decks
4. Rose Tyler · in 82% of 49 decks
5. Sliver Gravemother · in 81% of 32 decks
6. Captain America, Team Leader · in 81% of 48 decks
7. Pantlaza, Sun-Favored · in 81% of 48 decks
8. Atarka, World Render · in 81% of 37 decks

All cards in Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC)