Slate of Ancestry
Artifact
, 
, Discard your hand: Draw a card for each creature you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins
- Price
- $1.24
- EDHREC rank
- #9886
Slate of Ancestry trades your entire hand for a new one the size of your creature count — in token decks that regularly field eight or more creatures, that's a full grip for four mana and a tap. The cost is real: discarding your hand means you need a board or you're left empty, so it earns its slot in Emmara, Soul of the Accord and nowhere else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Emmara, Soul of the Accord generates a Soldier token every time she taps, meaning Slate of Ancestry refills off the same creatures that fuel the deck's engine — attack, draw seven, attack again.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Slate of Ancestry is a Commander card in practice. The effect is purpose-built for token strategies that go wide fast, and the multiplayer table gives you the turns needed to build the board before firing it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant — the formats are too fast and too hostile to a four-mana artifact that does nothing the turn it lands. Commander is the only format where Slate of Ancestry competes for a slot, and even there it wants a dedicated token shell rather than any creature deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.24 cheap tier
At $1.24, Slate of Ancestry is a cheap pickup for what it does in the right shell. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so the price reflects modest demand and is unlikely to spike without a major reprint in a token-focused precon.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.