---
name: "Abuelo, Ancestral Echo"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Ward"]
set: "PLCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos"
collector_number: "219s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Victor Adame Minguez"
oracle_id: "eaa9baac-72f2-4bde-9146-860878d9860b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/abuelo-ancestral-echo-plci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Ward

## Oracle Text
Flying, ward {2}
{1}{W}{U}: Exile another target creature or artifact you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

> *"Come, friends. Let us see if this world remembers us."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flickering Spirit](/printing/flickering-spirit-tsp.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Guardian of Ghirapur](/printing/guardian-of-ghirapur-mom.md) — Creature — Angel
3. [Wayward Soul](/printing/wayward-soul-exo.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Aegis Sculptor](/printing/aegis-sculptor-tdm.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Grey Host Reinforcements](/printing/grey-host-reinforcements-ltc.md) — Creature — Spirit Soldier
6. [Flickerwisp](/printing/flickerwisp-td0.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #219s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Victor Adame Minguez
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`