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Explore
Sorcery
common
You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.
Semantic Tags
A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
Puts additional lands onto the battlefield or searches for lands. Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, fetchlands.
Land-focused strategies beyond ramp — land recursion, land sacrifice, Crucible of Worlds.
Accelerates mana production beyond the one-land-per-turn baseline. Umbrella tag — see ramp subtypes for land ramp, mana dorks, mana rocks, and rituals.
Format Legality
Price history
Printings (29)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagicFest 2026#13 | rare | · | · | · |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal#259 | common | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Drop#2312 | rare | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Drop#2327 | rare | · | · | · |
| Foundations Jumpstart#146 | common | · | · | · |
| Bloomburrow Commander#216 | common | · | · | · |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander#192 | common | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Promo#12 | rare | · | · | · |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander#241 | common | · | · | · |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander#528 | uncommon | · | · | · |
| Doctor Who#822 | common | · | · | · |
| Doctor Who#231 | common | · | · | · |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander#213★ | common | · | · | · |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander#213 | common | · | · | · |
| Dominaria United Commander#131 | common | · | · | · |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate#823 | common | · | · | · |
| New Capenna Commander#289 | common | · | · | · |
| Forgotten Realms Commander#157 | common | · | · | · |
| Commander Legends#426 | common | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Drop#114 | rare | · | · | · |
Rulings
If you somehow manage to cast Explore when it's not your turn, you'll draw a card when it resolves, but you won't be able to play a land that turn.
The effects of multiple Explores in the same turn are cumulative. They're also cumulative with other effects that let you play additional lands, such as the one from Urban Evolution.
Explore's effect allows you to play an additional land during your main phase. Doing so follows the normal timing rules for playing lands. In particular, you don't get to play a land as Explore resolves; Explore fully resolves first and you draw a card, perhaps a land you'll play later.