Delightful Discovery
Instant
This spell costs 
less to cast for each spell your opponents have cast this turn.
Scry 2, then draw two cards. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #15942
Delightful Discovery draws two cards and puts a land into play tapped — all for three mana at instant speed. That rate is genuinely good, and the split between card advantage and acceleration makes it pull double duty in any blue-green shell that wants both.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Delightful Discovery earns its slot — instant-speed draw that also ramps is exactly the kind of modal efficiency the format rewards, and three mana is a price most decks can pay at almost any point in the game. Legacy and Vintage have access to it on paper, but neither format wants a three-mana cantrip-plus-ramp when faster options exist. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it sees realistic play, and for the same reason as Commander: the singleton constraint makes every card that does two things worth a close look.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Delightful Discovery is deep bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the card. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price rarely climb unless a deck breaks them, and nothing about this card's effect is format-warping enough to change that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.