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Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On

Legendary Creature — Human Faerie Scout // Sorcery — Adventure

Whenever Kellan attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card with mana value 3 or less, put it into your hand. Otherwise, you may put it into your graveyard.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#13368
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Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On card art
Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On earns its slot by attacking as a 3/2 with first strike and ward 2 on turn three, then flipping into a two-mana sorcery that fetches any land — including utility lands — straight to the battlefield. The back half is where the real value lives, and Chromatic Orrery players in particular love it as a flexible land-finder that doubles as a beater before it flips. Gorion, Wise Mentor decks run it for the same reason: cheap, two-sided threat that does honest work on both halves.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

37.0% of decks · synergy 0.36

Gorion, Wise Mentor triggers off casting the adventure half, making Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On a recursive engine piece — cast the creature, get a Gorion trigger, and the ward 2 body sticks around to pressure opponents while Journey On lines up another land or utility piece later.

02
Kellan, the Kid

Kellan, the Kid

15.4% of decks · synergy 0.15

Kellan, the Kid runs Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On as both thematic flavor and genuine synergy — the adventure spell counts toward the Kid's triggered ability, and the first-strike body fills out a go-wide or go-tall Boros strategy that wants cheap, multi-functional threats.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On is a role-player rather than a centerpiece — the adventure half ramps you one land, which is efficient but not explosive, and the creature body is fine without being threatening at the singleton table. It fits best in Naya or Azorius adventure shells where the adventure subtype matters, or in any deck that wants a low-cost creature with real defensive stats and a free land-fetch stapled on. In competitive constructed formats like Pioneer and Modern, it's too slow and low-impact to see meaningful play — three mana for a 3/2 with upside is a fair rate, but fair rates don't cut it in those fields. Standard is the format where it sees the most non-Commander action, where two-for-one creatures at low cost are genuinely wanted and the adventure synergies are at their densest.

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Price Context

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Current pricing data for Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On isn't available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live figure before buying. Given its niche role as a synergy piece rather than a staple, it typically sits in budget territory — not a card you'd expect to pay a premium for unless a specific adventure archetype spikes demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.