Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

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Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin: Legendary Enchantment, Ixalan. At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Enchantment
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Ixalan (XLN)
Released
2017-09-29
Collector number
74
Artist
Magali Villeneuve
Commander rank
3,926 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Surveil, Transform

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About Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary enchantment from Ixalan (XLN), an expansion set released in September 2017. It is collector number 74 in that set, with art by Magali Villeneuve. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

The Sunken Ruin houses all the learning of a long-forgotten age.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.37 (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 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1502Rare2023
The List (PLST) #XLN-74Rare2023
XLN Treasure Chest (PXTC) #74Rare2017
Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #74sRare2017

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin, newest first.

  • If a seventh card is put into your graveyard by something other than resolving Search for Azcanta's triggered ability, you won't transform it yet. You'll have to wait until your next upkeep.
  • If you don't put the top card of your library into your graveyard while resolving Search for Azcanta's triggered ability, you'll leave it on top of your library (and probably draw it during your draw step).
  • If you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta while resolving its triggered ability even if you choose not to put the top card of your library into your graveyard.

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