Geomancer's Gambit
Geomancer's Gambit: Sorcery, Modern Horizons. Destroy target land. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Modern Horizons (MH1)
- Released
- 2019-06-14
- Collector number
- 125
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Commander rank
- 12,956 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Geomancer's Gambit
Geomancer's Gambit is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red sorcery from Modern Horizons (MH1), a draft-focused set released in June 2019. It is collector number 125 in that set, with art by Adam Paquette. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Modern Horizons (2019) to Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Draw a card.
Telepathy changes minds, necromancy changes lives, but geomancy changes the world.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Geomancer's Gambit by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Geomancer's Gambit
Geomancer's Gambit has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #452 | Common | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #MH1-125 | Common | 2019 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Geomancer's Gambit.
- If the target land is an illegal target by the time Geomancer’s Gambit tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. Its controller doesn’t search for a basic land card and you don’t draw a card. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does search and you do draw.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.