---
name: "True Ancestry"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "199"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chibi"
oracle_id: "26c2dd96-07e7-4294-9431-96d5aeff3761"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/true-ancestry-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# True Ancestry
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Return up to one target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

> *„Wenn Ihr den Kampf zwischen Euren zwei Urgroßvätern versteht, kann Euch das helfen, den Kampf, der in Euch tobt, besser zu verstehen."
-Iroh*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Treasured Find](/printing/treasured-find-gk1.md) — Sorcery
2. [Recollect](/printing/recollect-10e.md) — Sorcery
3. [Retrieve](/printing/retrieve-vow.md) — Sorcery
4. [Recover](/printing/recover-inv.md) — Sorcery
5. [Regrowth](/printing/regrowth-sum.md) — Sorcery
6. [Walk with the Ancestors](/printing/walk-with-the-ancestors-lci.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #199
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chibi
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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