Your commander's creature types are checked immediately after you cast a creature spell spending mana from Path of Ancestry's last ability. They aren't set before the game begins, and they may not be the same types your commander had when you activated that ability.
If you have two commanders, the last ability adds one mana of any color in their combined color identities. When you spend that mana on a creature spell that shares a creature type with either of your commanders, you'll scry 1.
If you cast your commander with mana from Path of Ancestry, and your commander hasn't somehow lost all of its creature types while on the stack, you'll scry 1.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOC — 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 #393 of *Secrets of Strixhaven Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven Commander release.
Card type: Land, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Keyword abilities: Scry.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #14 in Commander, putting it in the format-staple tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Alayna Danner. Rarix catalogs 507 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Alayna Danner
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If your commander has no creature types, it can't share a creature type with any spell that you cast.
If you don't have a commander, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana.
If your commander is a card that has no colors in its color identity, Path of Ancestry's ability produces no mana. It doesn't produce {C}.
If Path of Ancestry's last ability produces two mana (most likely due to Mana Reflection), spending those two mana to cast creature spells that share a creature type with your commander will cause two abilities to trigger. Each of those abilities will cause you to scry 1. You won't scry 2. This is true whether you spend the mana on one creature spell or two.
