---
name: "Trade Routes"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "108★"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "120fa67e-e5e0-4c23-9a78-d6171d357aee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/trade-routes-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Trade Routes
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{1}: Return target land you control to its owner's hand.
{1}, Discard a land card: Draw a card.

> *The wise, the righteous, the mighty—the merchant feeds them all.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tragic Lesson](/printing/tragic-lesson-hou.md) — Instant
2. [On the Trail](/printing/on-the-trail-mkc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Mana Breach](/printing/mana-breach-exo.md) — Enchantment
4. [Geomancer's Gambit](/printing/geomancers-gambit-mh1.md) — Sorcery
5. [Wonderscape Sage](/printing/wonderscape-sage-m3c.md) — Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
6. [Circuitous Route](/printing/circuitous-route-grn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #108★
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Cavotta
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

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