Search for Tomorrow
Sorcery
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Suspend 2—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planechase
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #1625
Search for Tomorrow puts a basic land into play untapped — not tapped, not into hand — for an effective one mana when you suspend it on turn one. That's the whole argument: it's Rampant Growth that costs G if you're patient, making it a staple in any green deck that wants early acceleration, and a must-include in commanders like Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald that care about casting spells from exile.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald triggers off spells cast from exile, so suspending Search for Tomorrow on turn one means the land drop and a free Wolf token arrive together three turns later. At 53% inclusion across Faldorn decks, it's one of the most reliable free-value pieces in the build.
Kellan, the Kid
Kellan, the Kid rewards casting spells from anywhere other than hand, so Search for Tomorrow's suspend mechanic turns a mundane ramp spell into a trigger — nearly 50% of Kellan decks run it for exactly that reason.
Alaundo the Seer
Alaundo the Seer untaps for each card with a suspend counter, which means Search for Tomorrow sitting in exile actively advances Alaundo's engine every upkeep it waits — free untap triggers before the land even enters play.
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty wants to cascade into free spells, and while Search for Tomorrow's mana value is only three, its one-mana suspend cost means it slips into the curve as free acceleration that never clogs cascade chains.
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait draws a card whenever a land enters play, so Search for Tomorrow's land drop is also a draw trigger — straightforward synergy that explains its 21% inclusion rate across over fifteen thousand Aesi decks.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Search for Tomorrow is at its best in Commander, where the one-turn-one suspend line is available every game and the payoff — an untapped basic — pulls ahead of Rampant Growth in any green deck that can afford the setup. In Pauper it's a legitimate staple, seeing play in Tron and ramp strategies that need to hit land drops on a strict budget. Modern has faster ways to accelerate but Search for Tomorrow still shows up in Scapeshift and land-matters builds that want redundant copies of the effect. Legacy and Vintage have access to more broken acceleration, so it barely registers there. The card is not legal in Standard or Pioneer, but it doesn't need those formats — Commander alone justifies keeping copies in your collection.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Search for Tomorrow is firmly bulk, and that price is stable — it's been reprinted enough times that supply keeps pace with demand. Pick up copies freely; there's no reason to pay more than bulk price for one of green's most efficient ramp spells.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.