Auspicious Ancestor
Creature — Human Cleric
When this creature dies, you gain 3 life.
Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may pay 
. If you do, you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.69
- EDHREC rank
- #30395
Auspicious Ancestor gains you 1 life whenever a white spell is cast — by anyone — which adds up fast in Commander but barely registers in one-on-one formats. The payoff is real in the right shell; the 2/3 body for four mana is not.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Auspicious Ancestor is a Commander card through and through — the trigger scales with the number of players casting white spells, meaning a four-player pod can fire it three or four times per round without any effort on your part. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a 2/3 for four mana with a conditional life-gain trigger has no competitive application whatsoever; neither format will ever run it. Commander is the only context where the passive generates enough cumulative value to justify the slot, particularly in white-heavy lifegain or pillow-fort strategies that want a body and incidental gain.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.69 bulk tier
At $0.69, Auspicious Ancestor sits firmly in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its narrow application. It's a stable bulk rare — not a card that spikes — so there's no urgency to acquire it and no risk in waiting.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.