Path of Ancestry

MSC #254 · Jun 26, 2026

Type: Land
Mana value: 0
Rarity: common

This land enters tapped. T: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Path of Ancestry is a common Land from Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC #254).

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Format legality

Standard: Not Legal
Pioneer: Not Legal
Modern: Not Legal
Legacy: Legal
Vintage: Legal
Commander: Legal
Pauper: Legal
Brawl: Not Legal

Card notes: Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters tapped and taps for one mana in your commander's color identity. That mana can be spent to cast a creature spell sharing a creature type with your commander. Your commander's creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell, and casting your commander this way lets you scry 1 if it has not lost all its creature types on the stack. It is legal in Commander, has 52 printings, and EDHREC lists it in 2,351,348 of 10,490,972 decks it could fit.

Path of Ancestry is a Land. Source
Its rules text begins: "This land enters tapped." Source
Next line of rules text: "{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander," ... Source
Scryfall lists it as legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper, Oathbreaker. Source
Ruling dated 2023-07-28: If you have two commanders, the last ability adds one mana of any color in their combined color identities. Source
Ruling dated 2023-07-28: Your commander's creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell spending mana from Path of Ancestry's last ability. Source
Ruling dated 2020-11-10: If your commander has no creature types, it can't share a creature type with any spell that you cast. Source
Ruling dated 2020-11-10: If you don't have a commander, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana. Source
Ruling dated 2020-11-10: If you cast your commander with mana from Path of Ancestry, and your commander hasn't somehow lost all of its creature types while on the stack, you'll scry 1. Source
Scryfall lists 52 printings of this card. Source
EDHREC lists this card in 2,351,348 of 10,490,972 decks it could fit. Source
On EDHREC, Edgar Markov is one of its top commanders (32,266 of 52,557 decks). Source
On EDHREC, The Ur-Dragon is one of its top commanders (30,516 of 51,677 decks). Source
On EDHREC, Pantlaza, Sun-Favored is one of its top commanders (27,118 of 37,988 decks). Source
EDHREC's Top Cards list for Path of Ancestry includes Swords to Plowshares. Source
EDHREC's Top Cards list for Path of Ancestry includes Path to Exile. Source
EDHREC's Top Cards list for Path of Ancestry includes Cultivate. Source