Price$0.21 – $6.15
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Sorcery
LegalCard DrawRank #234
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Why is this card good?
Explore is one of the cleanest ramp-cantrips green has, and it pulls double duty in the right shells.
The card replaces itself by drawing, so it never feels like a dead card — you're essentially paying to play an extra land and dig one deeper. That's exactly what you want in landfall decks (Aesi, Tatyova, Lord Windgrace), where each extra land drop triggers a cascade of value. It also shines in lands-matter or +1/+1 counter ramp strategies that want to flood the battlefield without losing card advantage.
The catch: Explore only works if you have a second land in hand to play. In a typical midrange deck with no land-payoffs, it's just a worse Rampant Growth that doesn't fetch — you're better off with ramp that grabs a card from your library.
Skip it if you're not running landfall payoffs or a high land count, or if your deck wants guaranteed ramp rather than a situational extra drop.
to play an extra land and dig one deeper. That's exactly what you want in landfall decks (Aesi, Tatyova, Lord Windgrace), where each extra land drop triggers a cascade of value. It also shines in lands-matter or +1/+1 counter ramp strategies that want to flood the battlefield without losing card advantage.
The catch: Explore only works if you have a second land in hand to play. In a typical midrange deck with no land-payoffs, it's just a worse Rampant Growth that doesn't fetch — you're better off with ramp that grabs a card from your library.
Skip it if you're not running landfall payoffs or a high land count, or if your deck wants guaranteed ramp rather than a situational extra drop.Related cards
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Printings (27)
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Played by these commanders
Jared Carthalion100% of 1
Bello, Bard of the Brambles100% of 1
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients100% of 1
The Swarmlord100% of 2
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald100% of 1
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer100% of 1
Ghired, Conclave Exile100% of 1
The Fourth Doctor100% of 1
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait100% of 1
Yuma, Proud Protector100% of 1
Combos (8)
- Glacial Chasm + Icetill Explorer
→ Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
- Springbloom Druid + Springheart Nantuko + Horizon Explorer
→ Near-infinite ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite landfall triggers
- Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Mirrorpool + Zuran Orb + Horizon Explorer
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite death triggers, Infinite self-mill
- Lotus Field + Echoing Deeps + Aftermath Analyst + Shifting Woodland + Horizon Explorer
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite landfall triggers
- Springheart Nantuko + Spelunking + Golgari Rot Farm + Icetill Explorer
→ Infinite black mana, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
- Springheart Nantuko + Golgari Rot Farm + Icetill Explorer + Horizon Explorer
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers