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Sorcery
LegalRank #23
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Why is this card good?
Farseek is one of the best two-mana ramp spells in green, and its strength comes entirely from a single word: it can fetch any basic-type land, not just basics. That means it grabs dual lands like shocklands (Steam Vents, Stomping Ground), Triomes, and other typed lands — fixing your colors and ramping at the same time.
This is why Farseek shines in multicolor decks. If your commander has three or more colors, you're almost certainly running typed duals, and Farseek effectively tutors mana-fixing while accelerating you to a turn-4 commander. It's a staple in Sultai, Temur, and any midrange/value pile that wants smooth mana.
The catch: Farseek can't grab Forest. In a mono-green or Forest-heavy deck with no non-Forest typed lands, it does literally nothing — play Rampant Growth or Nature's Lore (which fetches Forests) instead.
Bottom line: if your manabase has shocks or Triomes, run it. If it doesn't, skip it.
Related cards
Rampant Growth
Same 2-mana ramp fetching any basic land to battlefield tapped.
Nature's Lore
Fetches a Forest untapped, can grab dual types like Farseek.
Three Visits
Functional reprint of Nature's Lore, untapped Forest-type fetch.
Cultivate
Fetches two basics, one to battlefield, more value at 3 mana.
Kodama's Reach
Like Cultivate, ramps and fixes with two basics.
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Cheap creature that sacrifices to fetch a basic, blocks too.
Skyshroud Claim
Fetches two Forests untapped, hits Forest dual types.
Wood Elves
Creature fetching a Forest-type land untapped to battlefield.
Printings (31)
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Played by these commanders
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit100% of 1
Saskia the Unyielding100% of 1
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian100% of 2
Eshki, Temur's Roar100% of 1
The Ur-Dragon100% of 1
Sliver Gravemother100% of 1
Ghired, Conclave Exile100% of 1
Ms. Bumbleflower100% of 1
Morophon, the Boundless100% of 1
Rulings (1)
- 2021-03-19
Farseek can find any land with any of the listed land types, including nonbasic ones, even if that land is a Forest in addition to one or more of those types.