---
name: "Ancestral Memories"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "William Donohoe"
oracle_id: "95a2802a-2621-40c3-84f8-51e8aad7b6f0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ancestral-memories-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ancestral Memories
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ancestral Reminiscence](/printing/ancestral-reminiscence-lci.md) — Sorcery
2. [Distant Memories](/printing/distant-memories-mbs.md) — Sorcery
3. [Drawn from Dreams](/printing/drawn-from-dreams-pm20.md) — Sorcery
4. [Stock Up](/printing/stock-up-dft.md) — Sorcery
5. [Selective Memory](/printing/selective-memory-wwk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Memory Deluge](/printing/memory-deluge-sch.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #52
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** William Donohoe
- **Total Printings:** 34 across all historical editions

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