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◇ Catalog #6

Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands

stx·#6·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Wayne Reynolds

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Apr '21

5 yr ago

Value

$11.69+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $11 · low $10

NM$10.7

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$9.88–$11modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $11low $0.02range 57250.0%n 57

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,233 · Common include

Variants

Foil$13

Nonfoil$11

Gameplay

Creature — Avatar // Sorcery

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2021-04-16wotc

For Wandering Archaic's triggered ability, the opponent chooses whether to pay {2} before their spell resolves. If they don't pay {2}, your copy will resolve before the original spell.

2021-04-16wotc

Explore the Vastlands has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, revealing either a land card or an instant or sorcery card is optional. Any player who can't reveal a card or chooses not to simply puts all cards they looked at on the bottom of their library in a random order. Each player gains 3 life whether they revealed a card or not.

2021-04-16wotc

While resolving Explore the Vastlands, first the active player reveals the cards they are going to put into their hand. Then each other player in turn order does the same, knowing choices made before they choose.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $10.69. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $11.47 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from STX — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #6 of *Strixhaven: School of Mages*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven: School of Mages release.

Card type: Creature — Avatar // Sorcery, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,233 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds. Rarix catalogs 804 other cards credited to this artist.