Traverse the Ulvenwald
Sorcery
Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead search your library for a creature or land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.65
- EDHREC rank
- #5259
Traverse the Ulvenwald is a one-mana land-or-creature tutor that becomes a full-on creature toolbox once delirium is online — the upgrade from basic land fetcher to "get any creature" is the whole card. Winter, Misanthropic Guide decks hit delirium fast enough that Traverse the Ulvenwald almost always reads as the second mode, making it a budget tutor that punches well above its price.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Winter, Misanthropic Guide
Winter, Misanthropic Guide mills cards aggressively and fills the graveyard with multiple types in the first few turns, meaning Traverse the Ulvenwald flips to its creature-tutor mode reliably by turn two or three — it's essentially a one-mana "get your best creature" in that shell.
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, Traverse the Ulvenwald earns its slot in any green deck that can hit delirium consistently — graveyard-matters and self-mill strategies treat it as a cheap creature tutor that also doubles as a land drop in the early game. In Modern and Legacy, it saw play in Traverse Shadow decks where delirium was trivially achievable and finding a one-of threat on demand was the entire plan. Pioneer still supports it, though the delirium infrastructure is narrower there and the payoff depends heavily on what you're fetching. Across formats, the card is only as good as your ability to turn on delirium — in shells that can't reliably get four card types into the graveyard, Traverse the Ulvenwald is just an overcosted Lay of the Land.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.65 bulk tier
At $0.65, Traverse the Ulvenwald sits in bulk territory despite being a genuinely powerful tutor in the right shell. The price is unlikely to spike — wide printings and low competitive demand in its formats keep it accessible, so grab copies without hesitation if you're building delirium.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.