Chinese Card Identity Explorer
For the Ancestors — 为了先祖
Explore For the Ancestors in Chinese across 1 printings and 1 sets, with Traditional and Simplified Chinese versions, card text, artwork and release details.
- 1Total Chinese printings
- 0ZHTTraditional Chinese
- 1ZHSSimplified Chinese
- 1Sets
- 2023Chinese history
Card overview
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Card type
- Instant
- Latest rarity
- Rare
Oracle text
Choose a creature type. Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal any number of cards of the chosen type from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Flashback {3}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Chinese printing milestones
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Chinese names and language variants
The same Magic card may have different printed names or wording between Traditional and Simplified Chinese editions. The versions below preserve the name and text printed on each physical card.
Traditional Chinese
No Traditional Chinese printed name recorded.
Simplified Chinese
为了先祖
Traditional Chinese name history
No printed-name history recorded for this script.
Simplified Chinese name history
- 为了先祖 Commander Masters (CMM)
1 distinct printed name(s) · 1 distinct printed-text version(s)
Traditional vs Simplified Chinese
Compare matching Chinese printings by set and collector number. Missing cells indicate that the corresponding printing is not currently recorded in the database.
Printed text
选择一种生物类别。检视你牌库顶的六张牌。你可以展示其中任意数量为该类别的牌,并将所展示的牌置于你手上。将其余的牌以随机顺序置于你牌库底。
返照{3}{G}
Chinese printing timeline
A compact chronological view of every Traditional and Simplified Chinese printing recorded for this card identity.
Sets featuring this card in Chinese
All Chinese printings
Simplified Chinese
为了先祖
For the Ancestors
- Collector number
- 770
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
Other cards with this Chinese name or character
Exact printed-name matches are shown first, followed by other Chinese card identities sharing characters with this card’s recorded Chinese names.
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