Vengeful Ancestor
Vengeful Ancestor: Creature - Spirit Dragon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Spirit Dragon
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 242
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Commander rank
- 2,054 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Goad
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About Vengeful Ancestor
Vengeful Ancestor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 242 in that set, with art by Mark Zug. It costs {2}{R}{R} (two generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Forgotten Realms Commander (2021) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.61 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever a goaded creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to its controller.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.61 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Vengeful Ancestor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Vengeful Ancestor
Vengeful Ancestor has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #163 | Rare | 2024 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #812 | Rare | 2022 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #304 | Rare | 2021 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #35 | Rare | 2021 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Vengeful Ancestor is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.