Tempt with Discovery
Sorcery
Tempting offer — Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Each opponent may search their library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. For each opponent who searches a library this way, search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched a library this way shuffles.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $3.61
- EDHREC rank
- #822
Tempt with Discovery puts any land — not just basics — directly onto the battlefield, and every opponent who bites just multiplies your advantage. At four mana in green, the baseline is already a Cultivate that ignores land types; the group hug upside is free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gluntch, the Bestower
Gluntch, the Bestower rewards giving opponents things, and Tempt with Discovery lets opponents opt into a gift while you get one regardless — the political goodwill it generates is exactly what Gluntch wants to convert into card draw and counters.
Círdan the Shipwright
Círdan the Shipwright wants every player to have full hands and stocked boards so the ring triggers fire reliably; Tempt with Discovery accelerates the table's mana development while guaranteeing Círdan's pilot fetches whatever utility land the deck needs most.
Nine-Fingers Keene
Nine-Fingers Keene is a Gates deck, and Tempt with Discovery fetches Maze's End or any missing Gate directly onto the battlefield — opponents can follow, but they're just fueling a faster Keene clock.
Ms. Bumbleflower
Ms. Bumbleflower thrives when opponents are flush with resources to spend and recycle, and Tempt with Discovery hands out land acceleration at scale while still guaranteeing the pilot's own fetch — more lands across the table means more triggers for Bumbleflower's engine.
Phelddagrif
Phelddagrif runs a group hug shell that survives by keeping everyone happy, and Tempt with Discovery is one of the few ramp spells in the archetype that directly invites opponents to benefit — making it both ramp and political insurance in one card.
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 |
Tempt with Discovery is a Commander card through and through — the tempt mechanic only gets interesting with three or more opponents, and the political calculus of whether to bite collapses entirely in a two-player game. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes against far more efficient land acceleration and sees no meaningful play. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it's worth considering, particularly in a four-player pod, but Commander is where Tempt with Discovery earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.61 cheap tier
At $3.61, Tempt with Discovery sits in the range where it's an easy include without needing budget justification. It's a unique effect with no direct reprint substitute, so the price reflects genuine demand rather than scarcity — expect it to stay in this tier.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.