Ancestors' Aid
Ancestors' Aid: Instant, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 132
- Artist
- Alessandra Pisano
- Commander rank
- 4,351 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Treasure
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About Ancestors' Aid
Ancestors' Aid is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red instant from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 132 in that set, with art by Alessandra Pisano. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
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
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ancestors' Aid by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Ancestors' Aid
Ancestors' Aid has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #LCI-132 | Common | 2026 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Ancestors' Aid.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Ancestors' Aid is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.