Valakut Exploration
Valakut Exploration: Enchantment, Zendikar Rising. Landfall - Whenever a land you control enters, exile the top card of your library. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 175
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Keywords
- Landfall
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About Valakut Exploration
Valakut Exploration is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from Zendikar Rising (ZNR), an expansion set released in September 2020. It is collector number 175 in that set, with art by Jesper Ejsing. 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 Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.74 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Landfall - Whenever a land you control enters, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.
At the beginning of your end step, if there are cards exiled with this enchantment, put them into their owner's graveyard, then this enchantment deals that much damage to each opponent.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.74 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Valakut Exploration by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Valakut Exploration
Valakut Exploration has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #83714 | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #175p | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #175s | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #303 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Valakut Exploration, newest first.
- Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
- A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
- A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
- If you play a card this way, it leaves exile and becomes a new object. If it returns to exile later in the turn, you can't play it again.
- You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the exiled card. If it's a land, you can't play it unless you have land plays available.
- If you play the card in response to the end step triggered ability, that card won't be put into your graveyard and won't be counted when determining how much damage to deal.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, the end step triggered ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life for each card put into its owner's graveyard.
- You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.
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