Cartographer's Survey
Sorcery
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put up to two land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #13908
Cartographer's Survey puts two basic lands into play tapped — no selection, no frills, just raw land count for four mana. It's a serviceable ramp spell in Commander, but it competes in a slot crowded with better options and only earns its seat in decks that specifically reward land drops or graveyard recursion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cartographer's Survey is a Commander card through and through — the four-mana cost is only justifiable when landfall synergies or land-count payoffs multiply the value of two basics entering play. In competitive formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it's strictly unplayable; faster, more efficient land fetches exist at lower mana costs and the game is usually decided before turn four. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's midrange pace that landfall-focused planeswalker builds could find a use for it, though the slot pressure is tighter with only 60 cards. Treat Cartographer's Survey as a role-player in casual Commander, not a format staple.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Cartographer's Survey is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or grab from a common box without a second thought. Bulk ramp spells rarely appreciate unless a new commander pushes mass-landfall into the spotlight, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.