---
name: "Path of Ancestry"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "VOC"
set_name: "Crimson Vow Commander"
collector_number: "177"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alayna Danner"
oracle_id: "b473e293-59e3-4e04-acf2-622604aeb25f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/path-of-ancestry-voc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Path of Ancestry
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Study Hall](/printing/study-hall-soc.md) — Land
2. [Temple of Enlightenment](/printing/temple-of-enlightenment-fdn.md) — Land
3. [Temple of Mystery](/printing/temple-of-mystery-pm21.md) — Land
4. [Temple of Abandon](/printing/temple-of-abandon-moc.md) — Land
5. [Temple of Plenty](/printing/temple-of-plenty-fic.md) — Land
6. [Zhalfirin Void](/printing/zhalfirin-void-pdom.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #177
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alayna Danner
- **Total Printings:** 231 across all historical editions

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