The Ancient One
$1.94
$1.94Legendary Creature — Spirit God
New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Ancient One players are trying out in Discard decks.
The Dawning Archaic+19% Synergy
$1.22
Grave Researcher+6% Synergy
$1.92
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for The Ancient One's Discard builds — cards that lean hardest into the Discard theme.
Training Grounds+52% Synergy
$8.85
Stitch Together+47% Synergy
$1.64
Matzalantli, the Great Door+44% Synergy
$2.59
Victimize+43% Synergy
$1.58
Dread Return+42% Synergy
$0.44
Wonder+40% Synergy
$3.24
Animate Dead+37% Synergy
$7.87
The Cauldron of Eternity+36% Synergy
$1.50
Likeness Looter+35% Synergy
$3.04
Cruel Somnophage+33% Synergy
$1.08
Top Cards
The staple cards most The Ancient One Discard decks run as their core.
Syr Konrad, the Grim+32% Synergy
$1.14
Windfall+31% Synergy
$5.05
Breach the Multiverse+30% Synergy
$10.56
Terror Tide+30% Synergy
$0.30
Reanimate+28% Synergy
$9.76
Frantic Search+28% Synergy
$1.94
Shadow of Mortality+28% Synergy
$0.71
Living Death+28% Synergy
$3.57
Entomb+23% Synergy
$17.31
Counterspell-11% Synergy
$3.32
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Ancient One Discard game on their own.
Tergrid, God of Fright+7% Synergy
$18.40
Consecrated Sphinx+6% Synergy
$29.93
Thassa's Oracle+4% Synergy
$21.94
Ancient Tomb+3% Synergy
$134.99
Demonic Tutor-2% Synergy
$61.95
Force of Will-3% Synergy
$59.38
Vampiric Tutor-4% Synergy
$54.82
Fierce Guardianship-7% Synergy
$57.26
Cyclonic Rift-11% Synergy
$38.67
Rhystic Study-16% Synergy
$69.93
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Discard plan in The Ancient One decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Dreadhound+27% Synergy
$0.24
Shadowgrange Archfiend+27% Synergy
$6.28
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator+26% Synergy
$0.30
Laboratory Maniac+26% Synergy
$2.52
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur+26% Synergy
$12.63
Sheoldred, Whispering One+25% Synergy
$21.36
Obsessive Stitcher+25% Synergy
$0.35
Gyruda, Doom of Depths+24% Synergy
$0.47
Fleet Swallower+23% Synergy
$1.30
Millikin+23% Synergy
$0.23
Bringer of the Last Gift+22% Synergy
$0.70
Starving Revenant+21% Synergy
$0.29
Bone Miser+21% Synergy
$32.17
Archfiend of Ifnir+19% Synergy
$0.38
Deranged Assistant+18% Synergy
$0.24
Terisian Mindbreaker+18% Synergy
$1.67
Kiora, the Rising Tide+18% Synergy
$0.37
Souls of the Lost+18% Synergy
$0.30
Archon of Cruelty+17% Synergy
$8.28
Huskburster Swarm+17% Synergy
$0.29
Stitcher's Supplier+16% Synergy
$0.36
Valgavoth, Terror Eater+16% Synergy
$15.54
Abyssal Harvester+16% Synergy
$0.36
Nezahal, Primal Tide+15% Synergy
$8.26
Rona, Herald of Invasion+14% Synergy
$1.71
Psychic Frog+14% Synergy
$5.08
Doomed Necromancer+14% Synergy
$0.43
Necrogoyf+13% Synergy
$0.33
Massacre Wurm+12% Synergy
$1.68
Phenax, God of Deception+12% Synergy
$16.55
Disciple of Bolas+12% Synergy
$0.36
Screeching Scorchbeast+12% Synergy
$2.01
Consuming Aberration+11% Synergy
$0.36
Ledger Shredder+11% Synergy
$9.20
Horrid Shadowspinner+11% Synergy
$0.16
Ancient Brass Dragon+11% Synergy
$42.44
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake+11% Synergy
$0.16
Containment Construct+11% Synergy
$0.27
Scholar of the Lost Trove+11% Synergy
$0.27
Hullbreaker Horror+10% Synergy
$6.29
Sepulchral Primordial+10% Synergy
$0.40
Avatar of Woe+10% Synergy
$6.33
Angel of Suffering+10% Synergy
$4.67
It That Betrays+10% Synergy
$14.29
The Mindskinner+8% Synergy
$2.45
Sphinx of the Second Sun+8% Synergy
$3.57
Doom Whisperer+7% Synergy
$5.57
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+5% Synergy
$45.47
Baleful Strix-1% Synergy
$3.21
Solemn Simulacrum-1% Synergy
$0.32
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Ancient One's Discard deck ahead.
Overwhelming Remorse+25% Synergy
$0.21
Join the Dead+18% Synergy
$0.18
Bitter Triumph+14% Synergy
$0.32
Songs of the Damned+12% Synergy
$3.57
Another Chance+11% Synergy
$0.24
Drown in the Loch+10% Synergy
$3.66
Ancient Excavation+10% Synergy
$1.01
Circular Logic+10% Synergy
$0.25
Dihada's Ploy+10% Synergy
$0.21
Visions of Beyond+9% Synergy
$5.08
Thought Scour+8% Synergy
$1.01
Fact or Fiction+7% Synergy
$0.25
Dig Through Time+7% Synergy
$0.30
Tainted Indulgence+7% Synergy
$0.31
Don't Make a Sound+7% Synergy
$0.24
Dark Withering+7% Synergy
$0.16
Reenact the Crime+7% Synergy
$0.28
Live or Die+6% Synergy
$0.25
Perplex+5% Synergy
$1.75
Thirst for Identity+5% Synergy
$0.25
Countervailing Winds+5% Synergy
$0.21
Just the Wind+5% Synergy
$0.09
Spell Rupture+5% Synergy
$0.14
Makeshift Mannequin+5% Synergy
$0.24
Dramatic Reversal+4% Synergy
$0.51
March of Swirling Mist+4% Synergy
$4.58
Refute+4% Synergy
$0.25
Stubborn Denial+4% Synergy
$3.83
Soul Manipulation+3% Synergy
$0.35
Arcane Denial+2% Synergy
$1.67
Sink into Stupor+1% Synergy
$6.91
Demonic Consultation+1% Synergy
$7.02
Curtains' Call+1% Synergy
$0.52
Cabal Ritual0% Synergy
$13.51
Rapid Hybridization-1% Synergy
$1.20
Resculpt-1% Synergy
$0.28
Consider-2% Synergy
$0.32
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.36
Malakir Rebirth-3% Synergy
$13.47
Deadly Rollick-5% Synergy
$27.91
Pongify-6% Synergy
$1.91
Mystical Tutor-6% Synergy
$16.42
Mana Drain-8% Synergy
$57.71
Swan Song-9% Synergy
$11.36
Dark Ritual-10% Synergy
$5.94
Withering Torment-10% Synergy
$0.86
Infernal Grasp-10% Synergy
$0.35
An Offer You Can't Refuse-11% Synergy
$3.83
Negate-16% Synergy
$0.31
Brainstorm-24% Synergy
$1.41
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Discard game plan forward for The Ancient One.
Persist+28% Synergy
$1.34
Treasure Cruise+21% Synergy
$0.27
Wail of the Forgotten+21% Synergy
$0.19
Rise of the Dark Realms+20% Synergy
$6.58
Glimpse the Unthinkable+15% Synergy
$3.56
Coiling Rebirth+14% Synergy
$0.28
Singularity Rupture+12% Synergy
$0.82
Zombify+12% Synergy
$0.21
Exhume+12% Synergy
$5.53
Extract from Darkness+11% Synergy
$0.28
Cut Your Losses+11% Synergy
$2.26
Defossilize+11% Synergy
$0.15
Buried Alive+10% Synergy
$1.35
Afterlife from the Loam+10% Synergy
$0.92
Restart Sequence+10% Synergy
$0.29
Incarnation Technique+10% Synergy
$9.97
Ever After+9% Synergy
$0.33
Winternight Stories+8% Synergy
$1.24
Temporal Trespass+7% Synergy
$3.32
Summon Undead+7% Synergy
$0.21
Blood for Bones+7% Synergy
$0.56
Connive // Concoct+6% Synergy
$0.32
Whispering Madness+6% Synergy
$3.82
Mnemonic Deluge+6% Synergy
$8.53
Careful Study+6% Synergy
$4.09
Beacon of Unrest+6% Synergy
$0.36
Traumatize+5% Synergy
$4.14
Delirium Skeins+5% Synergy
$0.32
Edgar's Awakening+5% Synergy
$0.29
Call to the Netherworld+5% Synergy
$0.44
Artful Dodge+5% Synergy
$0.51
Geth's Summons+5% Synergy
$0.40
Ancestral Reminiscence+5% Synergy
$0.19
Agadeem's Awakening+4% Synergy
$27.24
Unearth+4% Synergy
$0.53
Deep Analysis+4% Synergy
$0.20
Will of the Abzan+4% Synergy
$5.30
Yawgmoth's Will+4% Synergy
$249.31
Charnel Serenade+4% Synergy
$0.21
Dark Deal+4% Synergy
$1.70
From the Catacombs+4% Synergy
$0.87
Unmarked Grave+3% Synergy
$3.38
Maddening Cacophony+1% Synergy
$6.03
Sea Gate Restoration+1% Synergy
$35.68
Fractured Sanity0% Synergy
$3.37
Toxic Deluge-1% Synergy
$4.37
Army of the Damned-2% Synergy
$1.42
Feed the Swarm-9% Synergy
$0.16
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Ancient One Discard decks.
The Everflowing Well+19% Synergy
$0.37
Mesmeric Orb+17% Synergy
$18.32
Crucible of Worlds+17% Synergy
$34.97
Monument to Endurance+12% Synergy
$20.49
Perpetual Timepiece+12% Synergy
$0.26
The Enigma Jewel+12% Synergy
$1.27
Waterlogged Hulk+11% Synergy
$0.13
Riverchurn Monument+10% Synergy
$2.26
Palantír of Orthanc+9% Synergy
$21.50
Portal to Phyrexia+9% Synergy
$49.14
Cryptcaller Chariot+8% Synergy
$0.47
Mindcrank+7% Synergy
$11.87
Illusionist's Bracers+7% Synergy
$5.85
Altar of the Wretched+7% Synergy
$1.51
Extinguisher Battleship+7% Synergy
$0.76
Isochron Scepter+6% Synergy
$11.80
Collector's Vault+6% Synergy
$1.17
Altar of Dementia+5% Synergy
$17.24
Tarrian's Journal+5% Synergy
$0.54
The Grim Captain's Locker+4% Synergy
$0.27
Ghoulcaller's Bell+4% Synergy
$0.30
Wayfarer's Bauble+2% Synergy
$4.67
Whispersilk Cloak-1% Synergy
$1.71
Swiftfoot Boots-2% Synergy
$2.28
The Water Crystal-2% Synergy
$3.63
Lightning Greaves-5% Synergy
$4.52
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Discard strategy in The Ancient One decks.
Necromancy+20% Synergy
$20.06
Oversold Cemetery+17% Synergy
$2.64
Teferi's Ageless Insight+16% Synergy
$4.78
Ripples of Undeath+15% Synergy
$6.31
Fraying Sanity+13% Synergy
$0.92
Virtue of Persistence+10% Synergy
$6.09
Drake Haven+9% Synergy
$0.32
Diabolic Servitude+9% Synergy
$0.57
Psychic Corrosion+8% Synergy
$5.93
Stillness in Motion+8% Synergy
$0.17
Cemetery Tampering+7% Synergy
$0.38
Mystic Redaction+7% Synergy
$0.20
Out of the Tombs+7% Synergy
$14.89
Phyrexian Reclamation+6% Synergy
$2.99
Painful Quandary+6% Synergy
$1.64
Aquitect's Defenses+6% Synergy
$0.15
Blossombind+6% Synergy
$0.13
Song of Stupefaction+6% Synergy
$0.10
Court of Cunning+5% Synergy
$4.49
Curse of Unbinding+5% Synergy
$1.19
Faith of the Devoted+5% Synergy
$0.38
Forced Fruition+5% Synergy
$7.74
Raiders' Wake+5% Synergy
$0.50
Demonic Embrace+5% Synergy
$0.35
Bloodchief Ascension+4% Synergy
$20.47
Dance of the Dead+4% Synergy
$15.98
Sphinx's Tutelage+3% Synergy
$1.24
Memory Erosion+1% Synergy
$9.41
Phyrexian Arena0% Synergy
$4.43
Propaganda-6% Synergy
$2.54
Mystic Remora-6% Synergy
$13.04
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Ancient One's Discard game plan.
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+22% Synergy
$9.36
Teferi, Master of Time+8% Synergy
$8.46
Ashiok, Dream Render+7% Synergy
$1.51
Jace, Memory Adept+5% Synergy
$3.47
Liliana, Death's Majesty0% Synergy
$0.42
Battles
Battles worth siding into a The Ancient One Discard build for the payoff on the back face.
Invasion of Amonkhet+7% Synergy
$0.29
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Ancient One Discard decks.
Restless Reef+18% Synergy
$2.05
Nephalia Drownyard+17% Synergy
$0.29
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+13% Synergy
$10.89
Barren Moor+12% Synergy
$0.26
Lonely Sandbar+12% Synergy
$0.23
Mortuary Mire+11% Synergy
$0.39
Echoing Deeps+11% Synergy
$0.66
Geier Reach Sanitarium+10% Synergy
$3.38
Drownyard Temple+10% Synergy
$0.28
Spymaster's Vault+8% Synergy
$1.61
Dakmor Salvage+8% Synergy
$0.30
Polluted Mire+7% Synergy
$0.23
Tomb Fortress+7% Synergy
$4.69
Witch's Cottage+6% Synergy
$1.06
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+6% Synergy
$4.36
Mystic Sanctuary+5% Synergy
$1.09
Remote Isle+5% Synergy
$0.25
Desert of the Mindful+5% Synergy
$0.30
Pit of Offerings+5% Synergy
$0.39
Volatile Fault+5% Synergy
$0.30
Cephalid Coliseum+4% Synergy
$0.31
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+3% Synergy
$54.58
Buried Ruin+3% Synergy
$0.43
Academy Ruins+1% Synergy
$8.07
Rogue's Passage-3% Synergy
$0.36
Cabal Coffers-3% Synergy
$29.97
Shizo, Death's Storehouse-3% Synergy
$33.75
Otawara, Soaring City-4% Synergy
$28.30
Bojuka Bog-16% Synergy
$1.93
Reliquary Tower-21% Synergy
$3.52
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Ancient One's Discard strategy.
Dimir Signet+8% Synergy
$1.20
The Eternity Elevator+6% Synergy
$2.91
Dimir Cluestone+4% Synergy
$0.17
Mind Stone+3% Synergy
$0.31
The Soul Stone+2% Synergy
$101.88
Arcane Signet+1% Synergy
$0.89
Charcoal Diamond+1% Synergy
$0.38
Sky Diamond+1% Synergy
$0.26
Fellwar Stone-3% Synergy
$0.89
Talisman of Dominance-4% Synergy
$1.04
Sol Ring-6% Synergy
$1.55
Commander's Sphere-7% Synergy
$0.34
Thought Vessel-15% Synergy
$2.59
Lands
The mana base behind The Ancient One's Discard decks.
Shipwreck Marsh+19% Synergy
$7.45
Terramorphic Expanse+17% Synergy
$0.26
Evolving Wilds+15% Synergy
$0.25
Port of Karfell+12% Synergy
$0.22
Promising Vein+11% Synergy
$0.31
Fetid Pools+10% Synergy
$0.26
Fabled Passage+10% Synergy
$1.11
Obscura Storefront+10% Synergy
$0.29
Drowned Catacomb+9% Synergy
$1.19
Sunken Ruins+8% Synergy
$7.72
Ash Barrens+6% Synergy
$0.28
Undercity Sewers+5% Synergy
$15.18
Contaminated Aquifer+5% Synergy
$0.67
Agadeem's Awakening+4% Synergy
$27.24
Hidden Grotto+4% Synergy
$0.21
Morphic Pool+3% Synergy
$27.14
Gloomlake Verge+3% Synergy
$10.54
Boggart Trawler+3% Synergy
$1.44
Ice Tunnel+3% Synergy
$0.52
Demolition Field+3% Synergy
$0.24
Underground River+2% Synergy
$2.22
Polluted Delta+1% Synergy
$20.44
Sink into Stupor+1% Synergy
$6.91
Sea Gate Restoration+1% Synergy
$35.68
Dimir Guildgate+1% Synergy
$0.14
Reflecting Pool+1% Synergy
$14.88
Swamp0% Synergy
$0.08
Island0% Synergy
$0.08
Clearwater Pathway0% Synergy
$4.39
Sunken Hollow-1% Synergy
$0.33
Dimir Aqueduct-1% Synergy
$0.33
Dismal Backwater-1% Synergy
$0.26
Snow-Covered Island-1% Synergy
$1.47
Glasspool Mimic-1% Synergy
$6.12
Watery Grave-2% Synergy
$9.66
Darkwater Catacombs-2% Synergy
$0.38
Myriad Landscape-2% Synergy
$0.37
Underground Sea-2% Synergy
Waterlogged Teachings-2% Synergy
$0.36
Verdant Catacombs-2% Synergy
$28.70
Darkslick Shores-3% Synergy
$2.67
River of Tears-3% Synergy
$0.28
Malakir Rebirth-3% Synergy
$13.47
Misty Rainforest-3% Synergy
$35.90
Hydroelectric Specimen-3% Synergy
$0.88
Command Tower-4% Synergy
$0.31
Tainted Isle-4% Synergy
$2.91
Temple of Deceit-4% Synergy
$0.22
Choked Estuary-8% Synergy
$0.31
Exotic Orchard-16% Synergy
$0.24
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like The Ancient One: Discard.
Raul, Trouble Shooter
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Agent of the Iron Throne
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Criminal Past
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cultist of the Absolute
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Scion of Halaster
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
Araumi of the Dead Tide
The Master, Transcendent
Phenax, God of Deception
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Haunted One
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Captain N'ghathrod
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Ludevic, Necrogenius
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Saruman of Many Colors
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Candlekeep Sage
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Dungeon Delver
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Feywild Visitor
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Shameless Charlatan
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Sword Coast Sailor
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Criminal Past
Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Zareth San, the Trickster
Ambassador Laquatus
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
The Mindskinner
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Scion of Halaster
Geth, Lord of the Vault
Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Winter, Cynical Opportunist