Der Uralte

Abstieg 8 — Der Uralte kann nicht angreifen oder blocken, es sei denn, dein Friedhof enthält acht oder mehr Permanent-Karten.
{2}{U}{B}: Ziehe eine Karte und wirf dann eine Karte ab. Wenn du auf diese Weise eine Karte abwirfst, millt ein Spieler deiner Wahl eine Anzahl Karten in Höhe ihres Manabetrags.

La Antigüedad

Descender 8 — La Antigüedad no puede atacar ni bloquear a menos que haya ocho o más cartas de permanente en tu cementerio.
{2}{U}{B}: Roba una carta, luego descarta una carta. Cuando descartes una carta de esta manera, el jugador objetivo muele una cantidad de cartas igual a su valor de maná.

L'Ancestral

Descente 8 — L'Ancestral ne peut pas attaquer ni bloquer à moins qu'il n'y ait au moins huit cartes de permanent dans votre cimetière.
{2}{U}{B} : Piochez une carte, puis défaussez-vous d'une carte. Quand vous vous défaussez d'une carte de cette manière, un joueur ciblé meule un nombre de cartes égal à sa valeur de mana.

L'Antico

Discesa 8 — L'Antico non può attaccare o bloccare a meno che non ci siano otto o più carte permanente nel tuo cimitero.
{2}{U}{B}: Pesca una carta, poi scarta una carta. Quando scarti una carta in questo modo, un giocatore bersaglio macina carte pari al suo valore di mana.

古のもの

落魄８ ― あなたの墓地に８枚以上のパーマネント・カードがないなら、古のものでは攻撃もブロックもできない。
{2}{U}{B}：カード１枚を引く。その後、カード１枚を捨てる。これによりあなたがカード１枚を捨てたとき、プレイヤー１人を対象とする。そのプレイヤーはその捨てたカードのマナ総量に等しい枚数のカードを切削する。

O Antigo

Descer 8 — O Antigo não pode atacar nem bloquear, a menos que haja oito ou mais cards de permanente em seu cemitério.
{2}{U}{B}: Compre um card e depois descarte um card. Quando você descarta um card dessa forma, o jogador alvo tritura uma quantidade de cards igual a seu valor de mana.

远古祖神

落坟8～除非你的坟墓场中有八张或更多永久物牌，否则远古祖神不能进行攻击或阻挡。
{2}{U}{B}：抓一张牌，然后弃一张牌。当你以此法弃一张牌时，目标牌手磨数量等同于其法术力值的牌。

The Ancient One

Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard.
{2}{U}{B}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos

Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.

Once The Ancient One has legally attacked or blocked, removing permanent cards from your graveyard so the descend 8 ability no longer applies won't remove The Ancient One from combat.

Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.

You don't choose a target for The Ancient One's activated ability at the time you activate it. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you discard a card this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.