Ancestors' Aid
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- The List #LCI-132 (common)
- Price
- $0.23 USD
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Ancestors' Aid has 2 printings, first in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023). EDHREC ranks it #4,372 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zada, Hedron Grinder decks (13,209 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Ancestors' Aid
- Goblin Storm Secret Lair Commander, led by Zada, Hedron Grinder
Commanders that run Ancestors' Aid most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zada, Hedron Grinder: 13,209 decks
- Feather, the Redeemed: 5,799 decks
- Vadrik, Astral Archmage: 938 decks
- Loki, God of Lies: 383 decks
- Smaug the Magnificent: 333 decks
- Nephilim Epochal: 222 decks
- Magda, the Hoardmaster: 215 decks
- Rosnakht, Heir of Rohgahh: 208 decks
Often played with Ancestors' Aid
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the target of Ancestors' Aid is illegal as the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't create a Treasure token.