Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
Legendary Enchantment // Legendary Land
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ixalan Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3757
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin earns its slot by converting surplus instants and sorceries into a repeatable mana ability that lets you dig for exactly the answer you need — the flip side is that the two-mana enchantment does almost nothing the turn it lands. Lara Croft, Tomb Raider commanders and grind-heavy blue decks love it because the payoff compounds fast; aggressive or combo decks that can't wait four turns to untap a land should look elsewhere.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider's investigate triggers generate clues that double as spell-count fuel, so Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin flips ahead of schedule and immediately turns excess mana into filtered library access — exactly what Lara Croft wants when assembling artifact synergies.
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist mills cards and rewards you for filling the graveyard, and Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin's upkeep loot feeds the yard while the flipped land converts that card advantage into a mana sink that digs for your best threats.
Octavia, Living Thesis
Octavia, Living Thesis counts instants and sorceries in the graveyard to fuel its cost reduction, so Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin does double duty — stocking the yard while the flipped land finds the spells Octavia needs to keep churning.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin is a staple in any blue deck that casts enough instants and sorceries to flip it by turn four or five — the looting effect filters draws before the flip, and the land provides a repeatable tutor that scales through the whole game. Modern and Pioneer have seen it as a staple in slower control shells where the flip-land closes games by finding counterspells or win conditions turn after turn; it's less common now that both formats have sped up, but dedicated control players still run it. Legacy has enough one-mana cantrips that the flip can come embarrassingly early, though the format's velocity means you rarely need the grind engine Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin provides. Oathbreaker suits it well given the lower life total and more focused spell packages that help it flip consistently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.