Nissa's Expedition

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Nissa's Expedition: Sorcery, Starter Commander Decks. Convoke. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
199
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Commander rank
10,018 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Convoke

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About Nissa's Expedition

Nissa's Expedition is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green sorcery from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 199 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {4}{G} (four generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Magic 2015 (2014) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Nissa's Expedition by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Nissa's Expedition

Nissa's Expedition has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2021 (C21) #200Uncommon2021
Magic 2015 (M15) #188Uncommon2014

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Nissa's Expedition, newest first.

  • Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
  • When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
  • Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
  • If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
  • Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
  • You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

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