Navigation Orb
Artifact
, 
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #3928
Navigation Orb fetches any basic land type — not just basic lands — onto the battlefield tapped, which is a narrower effect than it sounds until you're in a deck that actually needs non-basic duals with basic land types. Outside of that specific context, three mana for a tapped land is too slow to compete with Farseek or Nature's Lore, and Nine-Fingers Keene is one of the few commanders where Navigation Orb earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nine-Fingers Keene
Nine-Fingers Keene's game plan demands five colors, and Navigation Orb fetches any dual with a basic land type — a Breeding Pool, a Stomping Ground, whatever the hand needs — while simultaneously putting a card in the graveyard to fuel cipher and connive synergies, making it a two-for-one setup piece rather than a plain ramp spell.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Navigation Orb is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its relevance is almost entirely contained to Commander. In Pauper it's technically playable, but three-mana ramp that enters tapped is too clunky for a format where tempo is everything. Legacy and Vintage have so many faster mana options that Navigation Orb never sees play. In Commander, it fills a specific role in five-color or heavily multicolor decks that need basic-land-type duals on demand — primarily as a budget or synergy pick in shells like Nine-Fingers Keene that reward the incidental graveyard activity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Navigation Orb is bulk — easy to pick up without thinking about it. Bulk ramp pieces like this rarely move unless a new commander spikes demand, so don't expect the price to change in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.