First printed in Weatherlight (1997)

Ancestral Knowledge

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep 1 generic (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this enchantment enters, look at the top ten cards of your library, then exile any number of them and put the rest back on top of your library in any order.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, shuffle your library.

MTGO price: 2.67 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (6 of 6150). Most played in Elsha of the Infinite.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 6 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

6 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Elsha of the Infinite	0.2%	40%
Jacob Hauken, Inspector	0.1%	13%
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade	0.0%	33%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Urza's Saga	100%	4.1
Swan Song	100%	1.8
Rhystic Study	100%	1.6
Fierce Guardianship	100%	1.6
Force of Will	100%	1.6
Mental Misstep	100%	1.5
Mystic Remora	100%	1.5
Scalding Tarn	100%	1.4
Flooded Strand	100%	1.4
Polluted Delta	100%	1.4

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Jacob Hauken, Inspector Ryzer Hendricks, 18 Oct	1 main	#30 1-3
Elsha of the Infinite Wesley, 17 Oct	1 main	#14 0-2
Elsha of the Infinite Townsyn [LARP], 17 Oct	1 main	#14 0-2
Elsha of the Infinite Ryan Morgan, 17 Oct	1 main	#38 0-2
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Josh Cole, 11 Oct	1 main	#18 0-2
Elsha of the Infinite Townsyn [LARP], 3 Oct	1 main	#1 3-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Duel Commander.