Last updated on January 29, 2026 Ancestral Recall | Illustration by Mark Poole Ancestral Recall draws you three cards for 1 mana, making it the best of Alpha s boon cycle, one of the Power Nine, and banned in almost all formats including EDH
As well as some mechanical foundations, Riftbound has also taken lessons from how popular the multiplayer MTG Commander format has been, the player-made four-player game mode that has come to dominate many an LGS over the last decade
Elder is a subtype of its own
The rest of the deck is rounded out with amazing recursion options like Glissa, the Traitor, great board protection with Inspiring Call, and two one-sided board wipes with Phyrexian Scriptures and Their Name Is Death since nearly all our creatures are artifacts
Theres the Instant Berserkers Fury and just a few other Artifacts that require either spending Mana or dealing combat damage to a player for you to roll that die
In that mode, players can earn a new currency through Sanctum Showdown matches and spend it on new cards, including Uncle Ben, Gorgon, and Laufey