Tales of the Ancestors
Sorcery
Each player with fewer cards in hand than the player with the most cards in hand draws cards equal to the difference.
Foretell 
(During your turn, you may pay 
and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kaldheim Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #10904
Tales of the Ancestors draws you a card for each enchantment you control — in the right deck, that's four or five cards for three mana at instant speed. Ranar the Ever-Watchful builds a board of enchantments naturally through its foretell and token triggers, making Tales of the Ancestors one of the most efficient refuels the archetype has.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Ranar the Ever-Watchful generates Spirit tokens off foretold spells, and many foretell cards are enchantments — Tales of the Ancestors turns that passive board presence into a hand refill that scales with how long the game has gone. Over half of Ranar decks run it, and that inclusion rate is earned.
Kami of the Crescent Moon
Kami of the Crescent Moon wants everyone drawing cards, and Tales of the Ancestors slots in as a one-sided burst that rewards enchantment density without handing opponents the same benefit. It's a lower-synergy fit than Ranar but pulls its weight in any blue enchantment shell that wants to reload at instant speed.
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 |
Tales of the Ancestors is a Commander card through and through — the payoff scales with enchantment count, and 99-card singleton decks have the room to stack enough enchantments to make three mana buy five or six cards. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but never sees play; those formats don't give you the time or the enchantment density to make conditional draw this slow worthwhile. Oathbreaker is the only other format where Tales of the Ancestors is worth considering, specifically in enchantment-heavy blue signatures that can hit critical mass fast.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Tales of the Ancestors is bulk — you're picking it up as an afterthought in a order, not budgeting for it. The price reflects casual demand rather than scarcity, and it's unlikely to move unless a high-profile enchantment commander drives a sudden spike in the archetype.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.