Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca

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Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca: Artifact, Ixalan. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Ixalan (XLN)
Released
2017-09-29
Collector number
249
Artist
Yeong-Hao Han
Commander rank
5,090 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Transform

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About Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca

Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Ixalan (XLN), an expansion set released in September 2017. It is collector number 249 in that set, with art by Yeong-Hao Han. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{3}, {T}: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

At the beginning of your end step, if you control seven or more lands, transform this artifact.

"Clearly, it indicates the aetheric azimuth of . . ." -Jace Beleren

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.37 (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 Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca 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 Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca

Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #XLN-249Rare2023
XLN Treasure Chest (PXTC) #249Rare2017
Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #249sRare2017

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca, newest first.

  • There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial-called "story spotlights"-are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.
  • Removing a creature from combat doesn't change the fact that it attacked, even though it's no longer an attacking creature. Notably, raid abilities will still be satisfied if every attacking creature is removed from combat.

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