Extraordinary Journey
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, exile up to X target creatures. For each of those cards, its owner may play it for as long as it remains exiled.
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures enter, if one or more of them entered from exile or was cast from exile, you draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine Promos
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #9831
Extraordinary Journey exiles each nonland permanent an opponent controls and returns them as Adventures — a full board wipe that replaces itself with a temporary delay rather than permanent answers. Six mana for a one-sided reset is the price, and Beluna Grandsquall decks pay it gladly because the adventure trigger is the point, not a side effect.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Beluna Grandsquall
Beluna Grandsquall cares about casting spells with Adventure, and Extraordinary Journey turns every creature an opponent controls into exactly that — suddenly your opponents' boards are free spell-triggers waiting to chain into your engine.
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor augments spells cast from exile, and Extraordinary Journey fills that zone with your opponents' own permanents, setting up a wave of Adventure casts that each trigger Gorion's bonus effect.
Loot, the Key to Everything
Loot, the Key to Everything rewards casting spells from anywhere but hand, making Extraordinary Journey's exile-then-adventure conversion a natural fuel source for Loot's cascade of triggered abilities.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Extraordinary Journey is a Commander card through and through — six mana is a steep ask in any 60-card format where the game is often decided before you untap with it. In Standard and Pioneer it could see fringe play in ramp shells that need a one-sided board answer, but the lack of immediate impact makes it a liability against aggro. Legacy and Vintage have enough fast mana to cast it, but those formats kill faster than a delayed reset can stabilize. Commander is where Extraordinary Journey earns its slot: six mana is on curve by turn four or five with ramp, and the adventure trigger payoff is uniquely exploitable in a multiplayer environment where resetting three opponents' boards at once is a genuine tempo swing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Extraordinary Journey sits firmly in bulk territory — you can pick up a copy as a throw-in or from any budget rare bin. Bulk rares with narrow Commander homes tend to stay cheap, so don't expect this to spike unless a new Adventure commander drives sustained demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Beluna Grandsquall
- Gorion, Wise Mentor
- Loot, the Key to Everything
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.