Descendants' Path

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Descendants' Path: Enchantment, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
238
Artist
Carlos Palma Cruchaga
Commander rank
2,180 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Descendants' Path

Descendants' Path is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green enchantment from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 238 in that set, with art by Carlos Palma Cruchaga. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Avacyn Restored (2012) to Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card that shares a creature type with a creature you control, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you don't cast it, put it on the bottom of your library.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.41 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Descendants' Path by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Descendants' Path

Descendants' Path has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #167Rare2025
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1183Rare2022
Avacyn Restored (AVR) #173Rare2012

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Descendants' Path, newest first.

  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
  • If the revealed card is a creature card that shares a creature type with a creature you control, but you choose not to cast it, it's put on the bottom of your library. (This is a recent change.)

Similar cards

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Descendants' Path is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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