The Ancient One

As of Aug 7, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of The Ancient One is $2.01 (LCI #222), and the most expensive is $4.94 (LCI #319, Showcase, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $2.01, down 3.4% over 7 days, up 5.2% over 30 days, up 18.9% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $2.34 (2026).

The Ancient One has 4 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including promo pack, prerelease and showcase treatments.

LCI #222

$2.01

CK $1.79 / $0.36 82%

MP $1.10 92 avail

PLCI #222p Promo Pack

$2.07 +3%

CK $2.99 / $0.50 76%

MP $2.26 2 avail

PLCI #222p Promo Pack Foil

$2.10 +4%

CK $4.49 / $1.58 25%

MP $1.96 2 avail

LCI #319 Showcase

$2.59 +29%

CK $1.49 / $0.38 85%

MP $1.14 86 avail

LCI #222 Foil

$3.04 +51%

CK $2.49 / $0.63 79%

MP $1.90 22 avail

PLCI #222s Prerelease Foil

$4.22 +110%

CK $3.99 / $0.75 82%

MP $3.82 4 avail

LCI #319 Showcase Foil

$4.94 +146%

CK $5.99 / $3.00 39%

MP $2.76 15 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $3.00 cash for LCI #319 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Nov 10, 2023 Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
• Nov 10, 2023 Once 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.
• Nov 10, 2023 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.
• Nov 10, 2023 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.

The Ancient One has been reprinted 7 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	90 days
LCI #319	2023-11-17	Mythic	Showcase	$1.37
PLCI #222s	2023-11-17	Mythic	Prerelease	$9.50
LCI #222	2023-11-17	Mythic	Standard	$0.94
LCI #222	2023-11-17	Mythic	Standard	$1.98
LCI #319	2023-11-17	Mythic	Showcase	$2.83
PLCI #222p	2023-11-17	Mythic	Promo Pack	$11.40
PLCI #222p	2023-11-17	Mythic	Promo Pack	$3.27

The Ancient One is the #5,618 most-played card on EDHREC, down 103 places over the last 30 days.