Fossil Find
Sorcery
Return a card at random from your graveyard to your hand, then reorder your graveyard as you choose.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #25537
Fossil Find puts any card from your graveyard on top of your library for two mana at instant speed — that's meaningful recursion attached to a cantrip body that replaces itself. It's a solid role-player in graveyard-light decks that need insurance on key pieces, though it never rises above a utility slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fossil Find occupies a niche: it's not a dedicated graveyard engine, but it gives any deck a cheap way to rebuy a destroyed combo piece or land-cycle into a specific card at end of turn. In Legacy and Vintage, the card sees essentially no play — the formats move too fast and recursion options are far more powerful. Modern has similarly passed it by, where Fossil Find competes against efficient graveyard staples that do more for the same or less mana. It's a Commander card in practice, and even there it belongs only in decks that want redundancy on a single critical piece rather than broad graveyard synergy.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Fossil Find is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move, so don't hesitate to grab a copy if the effect fits the slot.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.