Pursuit of Knowledge
Enchantment
If you would draw a card, you may put a study counter on this enchantment instead.
Remove three study counters from this enchantment, Sacrifice this enchantment: Draw seven cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Stronghold
- Price
- $0.65
- EDHREC rank
- #19788
Pursuit of Knowledge can hand you seven fresh cards — but it makes you skip your draws to get there, and three skipped draws is a steep toll. The payoff is real; the setup is slow enough that most Commander tables will punish you before you cash it in.
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 |
Pursuit of Knowledge is a Commander card — the format's longer games give you the turns you need to sit on three skipped draws without falling immediately behind. In Legacy and Vintage, where the game is often decided before you'd ever cash the enchantment in, it's a curio at best and a liability at worst. Oathbreaker's faster clock makes the setup even more punishing, so it's legal but rarely correct there. If you run it anywhere, it's Commander, and specifically in enchantress or enchantment-tutor shells that can find it at will and protect it long enough to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.65 bulk tier
At $0.65, Pursuit of Knowledge sits squarely in bulk territory — low enough that the financial ask is negligible. The price reflects real demand limits: it's a niche card, and most Commander players who want it have already found a copy.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.