---
name: "Tales of the Ancestors"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Foretell"]
set: "KHC"
set_name: "Kaldheim Commander"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Colin Boyer"
oracle_id: "49e3c192-862f-483e-abd1-e22863ea88dd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tales-of-the-ancestors-khc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tales of the Ancestors
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Foretell

## Oracle Text
Each player with fewer cards in hand than the player with the most cards in hand draws cards equal to the difference.
Foretell {1}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Teachings of the Archaics](/printing/teachings-of-the-archaics-prm.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Balance of Power](/printing/balance-of-power-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Slate of Ancestry](/printing/slate-of-ancestry-9ed.md) — Artifact
4. [Ancestral Memories](/printing/ancestral-memories-7ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Oath of Scholars](/printing/oath-of-scholars-plst.md) — Enchantment
6. [Ancestral Reminiscence](/printing/ancestral-reminiscence-lci.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaldheim Commander (KHC) #8
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Colin Boyer
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`