On the Trail
Enchantment
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Price
- $4.58
- EDHREC rank
- #4444
On the Trail puts a clue on every land you play for the rest of the game — draw acceleration stapled to your mana development, with no ongoing cost beyond the initial two mana. In Morska, Undersea Sleuth decks it's essentially mandatory, converting each land drop into a free investigate trigger that feeds the entire clue-payoff engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Morska, Undersea Sleuth
Morska, Undersea Sleuth wins by generating and cashing clues, and On the Trail turns every land drop for the rest of the game into a free clue — it's the most efficient engine piece in the deck, which explains the 62% inclusion rate.
Ms. Bumbleflower
Ms. Bumbleflower wants a steady stream of artifacts entering the battlefield, and On the Trail provides exactly that without spending additional cards, letting the deck build clue density while still developing its mana.
Zimone and Dina
Zimone and Dina frequently plays extra-land effects, and On the Trail converts those bonus land drops directly into clues that fuel the deck's draw-and-drain loop.
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 |
On the Trail is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it realistically sees play. In Legacy and Vintage, two mana for a slow drip of clue tokens is nowhere near competitive — you'd rather just draw cards. Commander is the format that rewards enchantments with long-term payoffs, where a single On the Trail over a fifteen-turn game can generate six or more clues without any further investment. Outside of dedicated clue or artifact-token strategies, it's still too narrow for the 99 — but inside those strategies, it's close to auto-include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.58 cheap tier
At $4.58, On the Trail sits in the cheap-but-not-bulk tier — reasonable for a build-around enchantment with a single relevant commander in Morska, Undersea Sleuth driving most of its demand. The price is fair for what it does; if Morska or clue-matters strategies fall out of favor, expect it to drift down toward the $2–3 range.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.