The Ancient One

Commanders that run The Ancient One most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld: 2,229 decks
• The Mimeoplasm: 1,680 decks
• Lazav, the Multifarious: 665 decks
• Mimeoplasm, Revered One: 496 decks
• Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator: 458 decks
• Lazav, Wearer of Faces: 413 decks
• Nashi, Searcher in the Dark: 385 decks
• Lazav, Familiar Stranger: 261 decks

Often played with The Ancient One

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
• Hover Barrier
• Glacial Wall
• Wall of Junk
• Wall of Frost
• Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
• Myrkul, Lord of Bones
• The Scorpion God
• Surtr, Fiery Jötun
• Oketra the True

Rulings

• 2023-11-10: Once The Ancient One has legally attacked or blocked, removing permanent cards from your graveyard so the descend 8 ability no longer applies won't remove The Ancient One from combat.
• 2023-11-10: Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
• 2023-11-10: Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
• 2023-11-10: You don't choose a target for The Ancient One's activated ability at the time you activate it. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you discard a card this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.