Forgotten Ancient
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures.
Combos with Forgotten Ancient
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver Sensei's Divining Top Savvy Trader Infinite
- Near-infinite artifact ETB
- Near-infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2022-12-08
Forgotten Ancient's first ability will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger. Putting a +1/+1 counter on Forgotten Ancient is optional.
- 2022-12-08
Forgotten Ancient's last ability doesn't target any creatures. You choose how many +1/+1 counters will be moved (and onto which creatures) as the ability resolves. Notably, once the ability starts resolving and you make these choices, no player may take actions until the ability has finished resolving.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Forgotten Ancient, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tromell, Seymour's Butler | 1 | 1 | — |
| Atraxa, Praetors' Voice | 1 | 0 | — |
| Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan | 1 | 0 | — |
| Helga, Skittish Seer | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kros, Defense Contractor | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kudo, King Among Bears | 1 | 0 | — |
| Mowu, Loyal Companion | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tidus, Yuna's Guardian | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Bant 3 decks
- Mono-Green 2 decks
- Simic 1 deck
- Abzan 1 deck
- Selesnya 1 deck
- Four-Color (no Red) 1 deck
Every version of Forgotten Ancient
21 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Normal
- $0.33
- Normal
- $0.38
- Foil
- —
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Foil
- $8.91
The List
- Normal
- $0.39
Foundations Jumpstart
- Normal
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.44
The List
- Normal
- $2.36
March of the Machine Commander
- Normal
- $0.73
Dominaria Remastered
- Normal
- $0.73
- Foil
- $1.05
Dominaria Remastered
- Normal
- $0.61
- Foil
- $1.33
- Normal
- $0.71
- Normal
- $0.48
- Normal
- $0.47
Commander Anthology Volume II
- Normal
- $0.52
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
- Normal
- $0.45
Commander 2016
- Normal
- $0.81
Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Normal
- $0.82
- Foil
- $4.12
Commander 2015
- Normal
- $0.53
Archenemy
- Normal
- $0.53
Planechase
- Normal
- $0.77
Scourge
- Normal
- $2.60
- Foil
- $39.01
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Forgotten Ancient — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.