Sail into the West
Instant
Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for return or embark. If return gets more votes, each player returns up to two cards from their graveyard to their hand, then you exile Sail into the West. If embark gets more votes or the vote is tied, each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $1.21
- EDHREC rank
- #9356
Sail into the West draws you three cards and puts a land into play — relevant board impact for five mana in blue. Círdan the Shipwright decks treat it as a staple because the card advantage lands immediately and the land drop is free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Círdan the Shipwright
Círdan the Shipwright triggers off drawing cards, so Sail into the West netting three draws in a single cast means three separate triggers — that's an outsized return that explains the 67% inclusion rate.
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen cares about card draw and generating value at end step, and Sail into the West delivers both a land drop and raw cards to keep her engine moving through the late game.
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 |
Sail into the West is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — five mana for three cards and a land is a reasonable rate in a singleton format where card advantage compounds over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage, it doesn't make the cut; those formats demand efficiency that a five-mana draw spell can't provide when Brainstorm and Ancestral Recall exist. Oathbreaker is the one competitive-adjacent format where it might see fringe play in a blue signature-spell shell that wants raw card flow.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.21 cheap tier
At $1.21, Sail into the West sits at a low price point that matches its role as a role-player rather than a format staple. It's a cheap pickup for the Commander decks that want it, and there's no pressure to buy in a hurry.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.