Ancestral Anger
Ancestral Anger: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 106
- Artist
- Gonzalo Kenny
- Commander rank
- 4,862 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Ancestral Anger
Ancestral Anger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), an expansion set released in April 2026. It is collector number 106 in that set, with art by Gonzalo Kenny. It costs {R} (one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. 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, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Innistrad: Crimson Vow (2021) to Secrets of Strixhaven (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is 1 plus the number of cards named Ancestral Anger in your graveyard.
Draw a card.
An incautious Lorehold student may learn more about the unbound rage of the Blood Age than they wanted to.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (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 Ancestral Anger 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 |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Ancestral Anger
Ancestral Anger has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #141 | Common | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #394 | Common | 2025 |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #516 | Common | 2024 |
| Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #409 | Common | 2022 |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #142 | Common | 2021 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Ancestral Anger, newest first.
- Ancestral Anger isn't put into your graveyard until after it finishes resolving, so it doesn't count itself for its own effect.
- Ancestral Anger isn't put into your graveyard until after it finishes resolving, so it doesn't count itself for its own effect.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.