For the Ancestors

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For the Ancestors: Instant, Commander Masters. Choose a creature type. Look at the top six cards of your library. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
740
Artist
Hristo D. Chukov
Commander rank
7,915 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flashback

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About For the Ancestors

For the Ancestors is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green instant from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 740 in that set, with art by Hristo D. Chukov. 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 Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander Masters is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.59 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Choose a creature type. Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal any number of cards of the chosen type from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Flashback {3}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.59 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of For the Ancestors by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of For the Ancestors

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Masters (CMM) #770Rare2023

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to For the Ancestors, newest first.

  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

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