Exploratory Mission

Exploratory Mission

Enchantment

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {2}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Whenever a land you control enters, put a quest counter on this enchantment. Then exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may play that card this turn. If this enchantment has five or more quest counters on it, add {R}{R}.

triggered — puts a counter on it

triggered —

triggered — adds 2 mana

Causes: put a counter on anything, exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile an instant, exile a planeswalker, exile a sorcery.

Cares about: a land enters the battlefield.

Works well with

a planeswalker is exiled — 231 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

  1. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Exploratory Mission, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

When an artifact is exiled thanks to Exploratory Mission:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Exploratory Mission, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Exploratory Mission, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Exploratory Mission:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle is exiled thanks to Exploratory Mission, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

When Exploratory Mission is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Exploratory Mission enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

When Exploratory Mission enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

59 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Exploratory Mission is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Exploratory Mission gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.