The Ancient One

The Ancient One

Legendary Creature — Spirit God

Mana cost: {U}{B}

How we read this card

Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard.

static —

Draw a card, then discard a card.

activated {2}{U}{B} — draws you 1 card

activated {2}{U}{B} —

When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.

triggered — mills a card

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, mill a card.

Cares about: a permanent in a graveyard.

Works well with

a God attacks — 125 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

  1. Kratos, Stoic Father — When The Ancient One attacks, Kratos, Stoic Father puts a counter on a permanent

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

  1. Lich — Lich fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  2. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  3. Worldslayer — Worldslayer fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  4. Aether Barrier — Aether Barrier fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  5. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  6. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  7. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  8. Crystalline Nautilus — Crystalline Nautilus fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  9. Mnemonic Sliver — Mnemonic Sliver fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs
  10. Mindlash Sliver — Mindlash Sliver fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards The Ancient One needs

163 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken Spirit deals combat damage — 725 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

  1. Millicent, Restless Revenant — When The Ancient One deals combat damage, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token

a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 727 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When The Ancient One enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When The Ancient One makes a player mill a card, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

When The Ancient One enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a Spirit it boosts — 895 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Supreme Phantom — Supreme Phantom gives The Ancient One bigger stats

894 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

When The Ancient One makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

When The Ancient One makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Fire Nation Salvagers — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Fire Nation Salvagers can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Thor, God of Thunder — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  5. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  6. Harness the Storm — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  7. Transplant Theorist — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  8. Heart-Shaped Herb — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  9. Wayward Angel — The Ancient One fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  10. Rescue from the Underworld — The Ancient One puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to The Ancient One:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  5. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Compost — draws you 1 card
  7. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  8. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  9. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

When The Ancient One attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  4. Guide of Souls — triggers

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

When The Ancient One attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

When The Ancient One enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (The Ancient One is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When The Ancient One enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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