Daring Discovery

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Daring Discovery: Sorcery, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Up to three target creatures can't block this turn. Discover 4. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Common
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
142
Artist
Michele Giorgi
Commander rank
11,557 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Discover

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About Daring Discovery

Daring Discovery is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red sorcery from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 142 in that set, with art by Michele Giorgi. It costs {4}{R} (four generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Up to three target creatures can't block this turn.

Discover 4. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Daring Discovery by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Daring Discovery

Daring Discovery has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #LCI-142Common2026

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Daring Discovery, newest first.

  • You can cast Daring Discovery with no targets and just discover 4. However, if you choose any targets, and all of those targets are illegal by the time Daring Discovery tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't discover 4. As long as one target remains legal, any legal targets won't be able to block this turn, any illegal targets won't be affected, and you'll discover 4.
  • If you discover an adventurer card, split card, or modal double-faced card, you might be able to cast that card with either set of characteristics depending on the effect's discover value. For example, if you discover 4 and reveal Galvanic Giant (an adventurer card from Wilds of Eldraine with a mana value of 4), you could cast Galvanic Giant, but not Storm Reading (its Adventure, which has a mana value of 7). If you discover 7 and reveal Galvanic Giant, you could cast either Galvanic Giant or Storm Reading.
  • You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
  • The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If discover allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half (as long as its mana value is less than or equal to the effect's discover value) but not both halves.
  • Some spells and abilities that cause you to discover may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and you won't discover.
  • If you can't cast the discovered card (perhaps because there are no legal targets for the spell), you'll put it into your hand.
  • If the discovered card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • When you discover, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether you cast the exiled card or put it into your hand.

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