Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall

As of Aug 6, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall is $5.10 (SOS #45), and the most expensive is $2,900.00 (SOS #306, Serialized, Rainbow Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $5.10, down 1.7% over 7 days, down 22.7% over 30 days, down 68.5% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $82.74 (2026).

Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall has 4 tracked printings across 2 sets, in rainbow foil, nonfoil and foil finishes, including serialized, extended art and promo pack treatments.

SOS #45

$5.10

CK $7.99 / $4.00 22%

MP $5.15 188 avail

SOS #45 Foil

$5.77 +13%

CK $9.99 / $4.00 31%

MP $5.21 69 avail

SOS #315 Extended Art

$7.95 +56%

CK $11.99 / $5.00 37%

MP $7.08 87 avail

SOS #315 Extended Art Foil

$10.84 +113%

CK $19.99 / $8.00 26%

MP $10.62 63 avail

PSOS #45p Promo Pack

$15.16 +197%

CK $11.99 / $4.00 74%

MP $9.34 20 avail

PSOS #45p Promo Pack Foil

$29.83 +485%

CK $19.99 / $8.00 73%

MP $15.42 8 avail

SOS #306 Serialized Rainbow Foil

$2,900.00 +56763%

CK —

MP $3,752.24 1 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $8.00 cash for PSOS #45p (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 60% (wide).

• Mar 20, 2026 A creature with a prepare spell can't become prepared more than once at the same time. For example, Emeritus of Ideation is on the battlefield and is prepared. When it attacks, its last ability triggers. When that ability resolves, its controller may still exile eight cards from their graveyard, but doing so won't cause Emeritus of Ideation to become prepared a second time or create a second copy of Ancestral Recall in exile.
• Mar 20, 2026 A creature without a prepare spell can't become prepared.
• Mar 20, 2026 A preparation card is a creature card in every zone. For example, while it's in your graveyard, Emeritus of Ideation is a blue creature whose mana value is 5. It can't be the target of Zealous Lorecaster's triggered ability ("When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.").
• Mar 20, 2026 As an effect causes a creature with a prepare spell to become prepared (including effects that state that a creature "enters prepared"), that creature's controller creates a copy of that creature's prepare spell in exile. That copy remains in exile for as long as that permanent is on the battlefield and is prepared. That creature's controller may cast that copy as long as it remains in exile. As they cast it, that creature stops being prepared.
• Mar 20, 2026 Being prepared isn't a copiable value. If a permanent becomes a copy of a prepared creature, it won't be prepared. That permanent will have the alternative characteristics, though, and some other effect could cause it to become prepared later.

Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall has been reprinted 5 times. The Secrets of Strixhaven reprint cut the price 86% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
SOS #45	2026-04-24	Mythic	Standard	$23.95	$30.42	$13.18	$5.43
SOS #45	2026-04-24	Mythic	Standard	$28.30	$31.50	$15.30	$6.20
SOS #315	2026-04-24	Mythic	Extended Art	$55.83	$42.24	$19.14	$8.00
SOS #315	2026-04-24	Mythic	Extended Art	$173.63	$111.93	$24.44	$11.72
SOS #306	2026-04-24	Mythic	Serialized	$15,630.00	—	$2,900.00	$2,900.00

Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall is the #7,133 most-played card on EDHREC, up 684 places over the last 30 days.