Explore

Sorcery

You may play an additional land this turn.

Draw a card.

"Starfleet could have sent a probe out here to make maps and take pictures, but they didn't. They sent us, so that we could explore with our own senses." —Captain Jonathan Archer

Set: MagicFest 2026 (PF26 #13)
Rarity: Rare
Mana value: 2
Released: 2026-11-13
Artist: Bruce Brenneise
EDHREC rank: #233
Colour identity
Finishes: Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.17

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Ramp

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Not legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Not legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Legal

Pauper EDH Legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2017-03-14
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.
2017-03-14
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.
2017-03-14
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.