Spelunking
Spelunking: Enchantment, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 213
- Artist
- Ernanda Souza
- Commander rank
- 729 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Spelunking
Spelunking is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green enchantment from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 213 in that set, with art by Ernanda Souza. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.86 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this enchantment enters, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put a Cave onto the battlefield this way, you gain 4 life.
Lands you control enter untapped.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.86 (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 Spelunking by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Spelunking, newest first.
- If Spelunking would enter the battlefield at the same time a land you control would enter the battlefield tapped, that land still enters the battlefield tapped.
- If a land has an ability that says it enters the battlefield tapped, you choose the order in which that ability's effect and Spelunking's effect apply. This means you can choose to have the land enter tapped or untapped. If a land you control is simply put onto the battlefield tapped without a replacement effect being applied, it always enters untapped if you control Spelunking.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.