The Ancient One Price
4 printings · 2 sets · first printed 2023
The Ancient One has been printed 4 times across 2 sets, first in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #222 at $1.63, while the most expensive is The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos #222s at $4.11 — about 3× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $2.21. Reprint risk: LOW — Reprinted 4x historically, most recently in 2023 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.
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Every The Ancient One Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #222 (M) Cheapest | 2023 | $1.63 | $0.80 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos #222p (M) | 2023 | $2.14 | $1.15 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #319 (M) | 2023 | $2.28 | $0.80 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos #222s (M) Foil | 2023 | $4.11 | $0.45 foil |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsOnce The Ancient One has legally attacked or blocked, removing permanent cards from your graveyard so the descend 8 ability no longer applies won't remove The Ancient One from combat.
Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
You don't choose a target for The Ancient One's activated ability at the time you activate it. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you discard a card this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.