---
name: "Auspicious Ancestor"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zina Saunders"
oracle_id: "82fb9834-de65-41a5-b908-f49668dee3ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/auspicious-ancestor-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Auspicious Ancestor
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, you gain 3 life.
Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Apothecary Initiate](/printing/apothecary-initiate-shm.md) — Creature — Kithkin Cleric
2. [Resplendent Mentor](/printing/resplendent-mentor-shm.md) — Creature — Kithkin Cleric
3. [Teroh's Faithful](/printing/terohs-faithful-tor.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Cathedral Sanctifier](/printing/cathedral-sanctifier-avr.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Soul's Attendant](/printing/souls-attendant-roe.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Arashin Cleric](/printing/arashin-cleric-frf.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #3
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zina Saunders
- **Total Printings:** 7 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: `not_legal`