Anaba Ancestor
Creature — Minotaur Spirit
: Another target Minotaur creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition III
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25741
Anaba Ancestor taps to give a target Minotaur +1/+1 until end of turn — a repeatable but slow pump that demands you untap with it and have Minotaurs ready to swing. The tap cost and single-target restriction make this a role-player only in dedicated Minotaur tribal builds, and a weak one at that.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Anaba Ancestor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its home — if it has one — is Minotaur tribal Commander, where the redundancy of a repeatable buff can matter across a long game. Even there, it competes poorly against lords that pump the whole team passively. In Pauper and Legacy it has no realistic shell; Minotaur synergy pieces don't exist at the density those formats require for a one-creature-at-a-time tap ability to be worth a card slot.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Anaba Ancestor isn't currently available, but as a narrow tribal common with negligible competitive demand it almost certainly sits at bulk pricing — under $0.25. Pick it up if you're building Minotaur tribal on a tight budget, but don't expect it to hold any value.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.