Seek the Wilds
Sorcery
Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17751
Seek the Wilds digs four cards deep and puts a land or creature directly into your hand for two mana — that's real selection at a low rate. It's a casual-Commander staple that gets outclassed in higher-powered lists where Cultivate and Sylvan Scrying do more specific work.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Seek the Wilds earns a slot in decks that want high creature density and consistent land drops but can't afford or don't need more targeted tutors — it's a role-player, not a staple. In Pauper, the common restriction makes card selection spells more valuable, and Seek the Wilds sees real play in green creature shells where hitting land drops matters as much as finding threats. Modern and Legacy have long since left it behind — the bar for two-mana sorceries is simply too high when Opt, Consider, and actual tutors exist. Pioneer sits in the same boat: fine in a budget sense, but outcompeted. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's assessment closely, where it fits low-power lists running green creature strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Seek the Wilds is firmly bulk — you're buying it out of a commons box, not tracking it on a buylist. The price is stable at that floor and won't move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.