---
name: "For the Ancestors"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "740"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Hristo D. Chukov"
oracle_id: "4caa3c55-41b3-48a3-b6a8-4d23aff7d00d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/for-the-ancestors-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# For the Ancestors
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Choose a creature type. Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal any number of cards of the chosen type from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Flashback {3}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Icon of Ancestry](/printing/icon-of-ancestry-cmm.md) — Artifact
2. [Tracker's Instincts](/printing/trackers-instincts-dka.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ancestral Memories](/printing/ancestral-memories-7ed.md) — Sorcery
4. [Creeping Renaissance](/printing/creeping-renaissance-c18.md) — Sorcery
5. [Walk with the Ancestors](/printing/walk-with-the-ancestors-lci.md) — Sorcery
6. [Enshrined Memories](/printing/enshrined-memories-bok.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #740
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Hristo D. Chukov
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`