---
name: "Benevolent Ancestor"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "IMA-12"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nick Percival"
oracle_id: "ee414d20-b18e-4bed-97fc-3c7535089ec1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/benevolent-ancestor-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Benevolent Ancestor
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/4
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

> *Although the door is flimsy and the lock pathetically small, Josuri's family never fears the night outside.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Alabaster Wall](/printing/alabaster-wall-mmq.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Wall of Vapor](/printing/wall-of-vapor-chr.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Revered Elder](/printing/revered-elder-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Souls of the Faultless](/printing/souls-of-the-faultless-gpt.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Samite Healer](/printing/samite-healer-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Reinforced Bulwark](/printing/reinforced-bulwark-roe.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #IMA-12
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nick Percival
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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