Revival of the Ancestors
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens.
II — Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.
III — Creatures you control gain trample and lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #11856
Revival of the Ancestors returns a legendary creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a enters-tapped caveat attached to all your permanents for a turn — real recursion at a real cost. In Narci, Fable Singer decks specifically, that cost barely registers, because the legendary engine keeps churning regardless of whether things entered tapped.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Narci, Fable Singer
Narci, Fable Singer runs Revival of the Ancestors in over a third of lists because the deck is already built around legendary creatures dying and recurring — getting a key legendary back at instant speed fits the engine perfectly, and the tapped-permanents clause is almost irrelevant when your gameplan runs through the graveyard rather than combat.
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan leans on legendary synergies across three colors, and Revival of the Ancestors gives the deck instant-speed access to any legendary creature in the yard — a clean way to rebuild after a board wipe or rebuy an ETB that closed a loop.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Revival of the Ancestors is a Commander card — the legendary restriction that would be a hard limit in other formats is almost never a constraint in a format where every deck is built around a legendary commander and typically runs dozens more. Outside Commander, it's legal in every major constructed format but sees essentially no play, because competitive 60-card formats don't want a three-mana sorcery that only hits legendary creatures and locks your board for a turn. In Commander, the tapped-permanents clause does demand respect: don't cast it the turn before you need to attack or activate mana-intensive abilities, or you'll feel it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Revival of the Ancestors is deep bulk — this is a pickup you grab from a $0.25 bin without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow legendary restrictions rarely spike, so there's no urgency and no ceiling worth watching.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.