Quest for the Holy Relic
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.
Remove five quest counters from this enchantment and sacrifice it: Search your library for an Equipment card, put it onto the battlefield, attach it to a creature you control, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #16090
Quest for the Holy Relic tutors any Equipment directly onto the battlefield — no mana cost paid — the moment you've cast your fifth creature, which in the right shell happens before turn four. The setup cost is real, but the payoff is a free Skullclamp, Swiftfoot Boots, or whatever broken Equipment your deck is built around.
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 |
Quest for the Holy Relic sees almost no play in Legacy or Vintage — the formats move too fast for a five-creature setup requirement when Stoneforge Mystic just finds the Equipment immediately. Modern is similarly unkind; the card is legal but the tempo loss is prohibitive in a format where games end on turn four. Commander is its true home: token generators and go-wide creature strategies charge the quest in a single combat step, and the payoff — a free Equipment from anywhere in your deck — can close games outright if it fetches Argentum Armor or Colossus Hammer.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Quest for the Holy Relic is deep bulk — cheap enough to include as a fourth or fifth tutor in any Equipment deck without a second thought. Bulk rares rarely spike unless a new commander pushes them into the spotlight, and Equipment tutors have enough redundancy that this one is unlikely to break out of its current price floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.