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Ancestral Recall

First printed in Limited Edition Alpha (1993)

All 14 prints

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  • Vintage Championship (OVNT) #2022C, 2022
  • 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #344, 2022
  • 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #47, 2022
  • Alchemy: Dominaria (YDMU) #32, 2022 (digital)
  • Vintage Championship (OVNT) #2018, 2018
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM) #46954, 2014 (digital)
  • Vintage Masters (VMA) #1, 2014 (digital)
  • Vintage Championship (OVNT) #2013, 2013
  • Vintage Championship (OVNT) #2005, 2005
  • Collectors' Edition (CED) #48, 1993
  • Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #48, 1993
  • Unlimited Edition (2ED) #48, 1993
  • Limited Edition Beta (LEB) #48, 1993
  • Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #47, 1993

Ancestral Recall

Instant

Target player draws three cards.

Illustrated by
Mark Poole

Legality

Restricted in
Vintage
Banned in
Legacy, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 6.29 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).

Combos

2 combos, the most popular first:

Vintage In 495 of 689 decks (71.8%), most in Tinker Vault

Staple: main deck, 60% of decks (#11)

Share of decks
71.8%
▲ 6.7 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-09: 57.5% 2026-08-16: 71.3% 2026-08-23: 57.6% 2026-08-30: 45.2% 2026-09-06: 64.1% 2026-09-13: 68.4% 2026-09-20: 67.7% 2026-09-27: 67.0% 2026-10-04: 67.1% 2026-10-11: 73.1% 2026-10-18: 74.3% 2026-10-25: 69.8%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
495
495 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
56%
108 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Tinker Vault 18.1% 99%
Psychic Frog 15.7% 100%
Forth Eorlingas 11.0% 100%
UB (unclassified) 5.7% 97%
UBR (unclassified) 5.4% 100%
Breach Storm 4.8% 100%
Oath 4.6% 100%
UBRG (unclassified) 3.2% 5%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Time Walk100%1.4
Mox Sapphire100%1.1
Black Lotus100%1.1
Force of Will98%1.3
Mox Jet97%1.1
Mox Pearl88%1.1
Urza's Saga85%1.2
Mental Misstep76%1.2
Mox Emerald72%1.0
Mox Ruby71%1.0

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Breach Storm
Sommertroll in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Psychic Frog
Pietart in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
UBR
kungfugeek in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Psychic Frog
Montolio in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Oath
dawayne in Vintage Challenge 32		 8-1
89%
Forth Eorlingas
CrazyDiamond513 in Vintage Challenge 32		 7-1
88%
Tinker Vault
Munchlax446 in Vintage Challenge 16		 7-1
88%
Psychic Frog
DaveKaplan in Vintage Challenge 32		 7-1
88%

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

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Psychic Frog
2345678, 		1 main #2
of 46
7-2
Oath
nick4567, 		1 main #4
of 46
6-2
Breach Storm
Sommertroll, 		1 main #6
of 46
4-3
UB
etoustar, 		1 main #8
of 46
4-3
Breach Storm
thedeck84, 		1 main #10
of 46
4-2
Tinker Vault
Xwhale, 		1 main #12
of 46
4-2
Psychic Frog
Montolio, 		1 main #13
of 46
4-2
Psychic Frog
MasonClark, 		1 main #15
of 46
4-2