Ancestral Anger

Secrets of Strixhaven #106

Type: Sorcery

Mana cost: {R}

Card text: Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is 1 plus the number of cards named Ancestral Anger in your graveyard. Draw a card.

Rarity: common

Artist: Gonzalo Kenny

"An incautious Lorehold student may learn more about the unbound rage of the Blood Age than they wanted to."

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.23 USD · $0.33 USD (Foil) · €0.06 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✓ Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Ancestral Anger in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Rubble Rouser

Creature — Dwarf Sorcerer

Rubble Rouser can exile Ancestral Anger from your graveyard for mana, then you can cast more copies to increase X. The looting effect also helps fill the graveyard.

Seize the Spoils

Sorcery

Discards cards to fill the graveyard with Ancestral Anger copies, increasing X for future casts. The card draw and Treasure help cast multiple spells in a turn.

Zealous Lorecaster

Creature — Giant Sorcerer

Returns Ancestral Anger from graveyard to hand, allowing you to recast it and increase the number of copies in the graveyard for scaling X value.

uncommon

Charging Strifeknight

Creature — Spirit Knight

Loots cards to fill the graveyard with Ancestral Anger copies, increasing X. The haste means it can attack immediately after being buffed by Ancestral Anger.

mythic

The Dawning Archaic

Legendary Creature — Avatar

Casts Ancestral Anger from graveyard for free when attacking, then exiles it. This still counts toward X for future copies, creating a scaling buff engine.

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