---
name: "Altar of the Lost"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DKA"
set_name: "Dark Ascension"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "171a3ac4-0c9c-46ac-b273-089d566cca05"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/altar-of-the-lost-dka"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Altar of the Lost
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
This artifact enters tapped.
{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast spells with flashback from a graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Archaeomancer's Spade](/printing/archaeomancers-spade-ysos.md) — Artifact
2. [Flashback](/printing/flashback-sos.md) — Instant
3. [Return the Past](/printing/return-the-past-who.md) — Enchantment
4. [Corrupted Grafstone](/printing/corrupted-grafstone-soi.md) — Artifact
5. [Snapcaster Mage](/printing/snapcaster-mage-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Graveyard Shift](/printing/graveyard-shift-snc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dark Ascension (DKA) #144
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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