Abuelo, Ancestral Echo — Quiet Recall
Abuelo, Ancestral Echo is a compact legend that rewards timing and patience. Abuelo arrives as a 2/2 flying Spirit with ward 2 which forces opponents to pay attention before removing your board presence. The activated ability costs {1}{W}{U} and lets you temporarily exile another creature or artifact you control and return it at the next end step. Use that loop to dodge removal or to trigger enter the battlefield effects on your own schedule.
In Lost Caverns of Ixalan play Abuelo fits into control shells and blink strategies where tempo and targeting tax matter. The card reads like a toolbox piece rather than a finisher so it pairs well with value creatures and artifacts you want to protect or reuse. From a lore angle Abuelo feels like an ancestral sentinel that pulls tools and kin through a short echo of time to keep explorers one step ahead of danger.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {1}{W}{U}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Spirit
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flying, ward 2. {1}{W}{U}: Exile another target creature or artifact you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step.
- Power / Toughness – 2/2