Icon of Ancestry

Icon of Ancestry card image

Icon of Ancestry: Artifact, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
305
Artist
Chris Seaman
Commander rank
2,359 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Icon of Ancestry

Icon of Ancestry is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 305 in that set, with art by Chris Seaman. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Core Set 2020 (2019) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.

Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

{3}, {T}: Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card of the chosen type from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.57 (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 Icon of Ancestry by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Icon of Ancestry

Icon of Ancestry has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Masters (CMM) #955Rare2023
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #242Rare2022
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #242★Rare2022
Core Set 2020 (M20) #229Rare2019
Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #229pRare2019
Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #229sRare2019

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Icon of Ancestry.

  • You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Warrior. Card types (such as artifact) and supertypes (such as legendary) can't be chosen.

Similar cards

Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Icon of Ancestry is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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