First printed in Khans of Tarkir (2014)

Illustrated by

Richard Wright

Watermark

Jeskai

Legality

Legal in

Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Not legal in

Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl

Rulings (4)

• 2014-09-20 Prowess goes on the stack on top of the spell that caused it to trigger. It will resolve before that spell.
• 2014-09-20 Once it triggers, prowess isn’t connected to the spell that caused it to trigger. If that spell is countered, prowess will still resolve.
• 2014-09-20 A spell or ability that counters spells can still target Pearl Lake Ancient. When one resolves, Pearl Lake Ancient won’t be countered, but any additional effects of that spell or ability will still happen.
• 2014-09-20 Any spell you cast that doesn’t have the type creature will cause prowess to trigger. If a spell has multiple types, and one of those types is creature (such as an artifact creature), casting it won’t cause prowess to trigger. Playing a land also won’t cause prowess to trigger.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Pearl Lake Ancient in Limited

Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Khans of Tarkir (KTK), Premier Draft	53.4%	-0.9	+1.8	1786

GIH WR

win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn

vs set

points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set

IWD

improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library

Games

games in which the card was seen

• Official Oracle text on Gatherer (Wizards of the Coast)
• View on Scryfall