Icon of Ancestry
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander #242★ (rare)
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.
Icon of Ancestry has 7 printings, first in Core Set 2020 (2019). EDHREC ranks it #2,482 among Commander cards. It appears most in Krenko, Mob Boss decks (2,781 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Icon of Ancestry
- Ahoy Mateys - The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, led by Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- Sliver Swarm - Commander Masters, led by Sliver Gravemother
- Tyranid Swarm - Warhammer 40,000 Commander, led by The Swarmlord
Commanders that run Icon of Ancestry most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Krenko, Mob Boss: 2,781 decks
- Admiral Brass, Unsinkable: 2,557 decks
- The First Sliver: 2,095 decks
- Magus Lucea Kane: 1,406 decks
- The Swarmlord: 1,155 decks
- Marrow-Gnawer: 1,077 decks
- Morophon, the Boundless: 1,055 decks
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir: 1,029 decks
Often played with Icon of Ancestry
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.