Ancestral Communion

Ancestral Communion

Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{G}

How we read this card

When you cast this spell while you control your commander, copy this spell. You may choose a new target for the copy.

triggered — copies a spell

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

on-cast — brings a card back

Causes: copy a spell, a permanent leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a permanent in a graveyard.

Works well with

a spell is copied — 122 cards in the game can cause this (Ancestral Communion is one).

When Ancestral Communion is copied:

  1. Parnesse, the Subtle Brush — copies a spell
  2. The Twelfth Doctor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Curse of Shaken Faith — deals 2 damage

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  2. Lich — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  3. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  4. Worldslayer — Worldslayer puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  5. Aether Barrier — Aether Barrier puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  6. Spirit-Sister's Call — Spirit-Sister's Call puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  7. Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh — Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  8. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  9. Rakdos Riteknife — When Rakdos Riteknife is in the graveyard, Ancestral Communion can bring it back
  10. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  11. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  12. Ugin's Construct — Ugin's Construct puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  13. Wirefly Hive — Wirefly Hive puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  14. Green Slime — Green Slime puts cards into the graveyard that Ancestral Communion can bring back
  15. Giant's Boulder — When Giant's Boulder is in the graveyard, Ancestral Communion can bring it back
  16. Eye of Doom — When Eye of Doom is in the graveyard, Ancestral Communion can bring it back
  17. Unstable Obelisk — When Unstable Obelisk is in the graveyard, Ancestral Communion can bring it back
  18. Apocalypse Chime — When Apocalypse Chime is in the graveyard, Ancestral Communion can bring it back
  19. Goblin Firebomb — When Goblin Firebomb is in the graveyard, Ancestral Communion can bring it back
  20. Universal Solvent — When Universal Solvent is in the graveyard, Ancestral Communion can bring it back

182 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Ancestral Communion is one).

When a permanent leaves a graveyard thanks to Ancestral Communion:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Ancestral Communion is one).

When Ancestral Communion is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Ancestral Communion is one).

When Ancestral Communion is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.