---
name: "Journey for the Elixir"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "GS1"
set_name: "Global Series Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling"
collector_number: "36"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Qiu De En"
oracle_id: "e87606d5-5a23-4507-aece-8fdd044e7185"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/journey-for-the-elixir-gs1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Journey for the Elixir
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search your library and graveyard for a basic land card and a card named Jiang Yanggu, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

> *"As my hands touched it, I realized that I had not found it—it had been leading me here."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jungle Wayfinder](/printing/jungle-wayfinder-plst.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
2. [Sylvan Scrying](/printing/sylvan-scrying-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Circuitous Route](/printing/circuitous-route-grn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Journey of Discovery](/printing/journey-of-discovery-mrd.md) — Sorcery
5. [You Happen On a Glade](/printing/you-happen-on-a-glade-afr.md) — Instant
6. [Perilous Forays](/printing/perilous-forays-rvr.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Global Series Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling (GS1) #36
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Qiu De En
- **Total Printings:** 3 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`