The Ancient One 
Legendary Creature — Spirit God8/8
Oracle text (EN)
Legendary Creature — Spirit God
Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard.
: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.
Printing details
- Set
- PLCI · 222p
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Victor Adame Minguez
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Prices
- €0.99 · $1.99
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend |
|---|---|
| October 30, 2026 | €0.99 |
| October 28, 2026 | €1.01 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.50 trend €0.99 30-day avg €0.93 | low €0.69 trend €2.05 30-day avg €1.68 |
| CardTrader (EN) | No offers | |
| CardTrader (any language) | No offers | |
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Legality
- standard Legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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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.
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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.
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Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
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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.