Slate of Ancestry

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Slate of Ancestry: Artifact, Starter Commander Decks. 4, Tap, Discard your hand: Draw a card for each creature you control. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}
Mana value
4
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
275
Artist
Corey D. Macourek
Commander rank
10,030 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Slate of Ancestry

Slate of Ancestry is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 275 in that set, with art by Corey D. Macourek. It costs {4} (four generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Onslaught (2002) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{4}, {T}, Discard your hand: Draw a card for each creature you control.

The pattern of life can be studied like a book, if you know how to read it.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (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 Slate of Ancestry by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Slate of Ancestry

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

PrintingRarityYear
Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins (EVG) #25Rare2014
Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins (DD1) #25Rare2007
Ninth Edition (9ED) #308Rare2005
Ninth Edition (9ED) #308★Rare2005
Onslaught (ONS) #310Rare2002

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