Treasure Cruise
Sorcery
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for 
.)
Draw three cards.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eternal Weekend
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #612
Treasure Cruise draws three cards for one blue mana — the nine total mana is mostly paid by your graveyard, not your lands. In any deck that fills its graveyard naturally, this is Ancestral Recall with a mild delay tax, and Rootha, Mastering the Moment can copy it for free.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | banned |
| modern | banned |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | restricted |
| pauper | banned |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Treasure Cruise is banned in Legacy, Modern, and Pauper, and restricted to a single copy in Vintage — a sweep of restrictions that signals just how broken cheap card draw is in formats where graveyards fill fast and games are decided in the first few turns. The four culprits are delve itself, the draw-three effect, the single blue pip making it splash anywhere, and the sheer density of cheap spells in those formats that front-load the graveyard without effort. Commander gives it a pass because the 99-card singleton structure means you see Treasure Cruise at most once per game, opponents have a full turn cycle to interact, and the slower pace means delving to one blue mana takes actual setup rather than being automatic on turn two.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rootha, Mastering the Moment
Rootha, Mastering the Moment copies instants and sorceries for free, and Treasure Cruise is the single most efficient target — copying a draw-three refills your hand and keeps the spell chain going for another activation.
Quandrix, the Proof
Quandrix, the Proof rewards casting a high volume of instants and sorceries, and Treasure Cruise slots in as a late-game refuel that costs almost nothing after a few turns of spell-slinging.
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Vial Smasher the Fierce deals damage equal to a spell's converted mana cost when cast — Treasure Cruise's nominal nine mana makes it one of the biggest Vial Smasher triggers in the deck, and the draw-three keeps the hand stocked for more.
Hidetsugu and Kairi
Hidetsugu and Kairi mills the top cards on ETB and then casts the highest CMC spell among them for free on death, and Treasure Cruise's nine-mana sticker price makes it the ideal free-cast target when the legendary dragon dies.
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty grants cascade to spells with mana value six or greater, and Treasure Cruise's nine-mana face value qualifies — every Treasure Cruise you cast cascades into something else for free.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Treasure Cruise has been reprinted multiple times across different product lines, which keeps copies widely available and typically inexpensive — check current listings on TCGPlayer or Cardhoarder for the exact price before buying. Given its ban history in multiple formats, any spike in price is usually tied to Pioneer or Commander demand rather than a sudden rules change elsewhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Rootha, Mastering the Moment
- Quandrix, the Proof
- Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce
- Hidetsugu and Kairi
- Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.