---
name: "Slate of Ancestry"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "308"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Corey D. Macourek"
oracle_id: "a07483b4-c04f-42a4-b979-8b77c11fa8f5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slate-of-ancestry-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Slate of Ancestry
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{4}, {T}, Discard your hand: Draw a card for each creature you control.

> *生命のパターンは、本と同じように学ぶことができる。読み方がわかればの話だが。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jace's Archivist](/printing/jaces-archivist-sld.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
2. [Scroll of Origins](/printing/scroll-of-origins-sok.md) — Artifact
3. [Icon of Ancestry](/printing/icon-of-ancestry-cmm.md) — Artifact
4. [Peer Past the Veil](/printing/peer-past-the-veil-pdsk.md) — Instant
5. [Grafted Skullcap](/printing/grafted-skullcap-usg.md) — Artifact
6. [Tolarian Winds](/printing/tolarian-winds-7ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #308
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Corey D. Macourek
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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