---
name: "Explore the Underdark"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "232"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Piotr Dura"
oracle_id: "13bad22a-6ba3-4197-8658-e47049a1cf1f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/explore-the-underdark-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Explore the Underdark
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
You take the initiative.

> *「あの綺麗に光る植物には近づくなよ。何を養分にしていると思う？」
――アンダーダークの案内人、タリン*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Circuitous Route](/printing/circuitous-route-grn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Open the Gates](/printing/open-the-gates-rvr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Beneath the Sands](/printing/beneath-the-sands-akr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Map the Frontier](/printing/map-the-frontier-otj.md) — Sorcery
5. [Shared Roots](/printing/shared-roots-soa.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
6. [Seek the Horizon](/printing/seek-the-horizon-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #232
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Piotr Dura
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`