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◇ Catalog #160

Ancestral Blade

j25·#160·common·nonfoil

Illus. Scott Murphy

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$0.24+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.25 · low $0.23

NM$0.24

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$0.22–$0.25modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.24low $0.07range 242.9%n 50

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,420 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.24

Gameplay

Artifact — Equipment

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2020-11-10wotc

If the triggered ability causes two Soldiers to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), Ancestral Blade becomes attached to one of them.

2020-11-10wotc

The Soldier token that you create enters the battlefield as a 1/1 creature. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield will see the token enter as a 1/1 creature. Static abilities that affect the Soldier's power and toughness may change this, but Ancestral Blade will be attached to the Soldier before the game checks to see if it has toughness 0 or less. For example, if Illness in the Ranks ("Creature tokens get -1/-1") is on the battlefield, the Soldier will enter as a 0/0 creature, but then Ancestral Blade will make it a 1/1 and the token will survive.

2020-11-10wotc

No player may take any actions between the time you create the Soldier token and the time Ancestral Blade becomes attached to it.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.24. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.07 and $0.24 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J25 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #160 of *Foundations Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations Jumpstart release.

Card type: Artifact — Equipment, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Equip.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,420 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Scott Murphy. Rarix catalogs 392 other cards credited to this artist.