True Ancestry
True Ancestry: Sorcery - Lesson, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Return up to one target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery - Lesson
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)
- Released
- 2025-11-21
- Collector number
- 199
- Artist
- Chibi
- Commander rank
- 5,814 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Build around this card with Grover
About True Ancestry
True Ancestry is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green sorcery from Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA), an expansion set released in November 2025. It is collector number 199 in that set, with art by Chibi. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Avatar: The Last Airbender is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Return up to one target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
"Understanding the struggle between your two great-grandfathers can help you better understand the battle within yourself." -Iroh
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of True Ancestry by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to True Ancestry, newest first.
- Creating a Clue token this way isn't the same thing as investigating. Notably, an ability that triggers whenever you investigate won't trigger because of creating a Clue token this way.
- Clue tokens are artifact tokens with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card."
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
Mentioned in these guides
These guides mention True Ancestry.