---
name: "Valakut Exploration"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Landfall"]
set: "ZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising"
collector_number: "175"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "d6861319-ae16-4e6c-af87-a264f667d694"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/valakut-exploration-znr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Valakut Exploration
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Landfall

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Retreat to Valakut](/printing/retreat-to-valakut-bfz.md) — Enchantment
2. [Territorial Bruntar](/printing/territorial-bruntar-eoe.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Khalni Heart Expedition](/printing/khalni-heart-expedition-cmm.md) — Enchantment
4. [Ior Ruin Expedition](/printing/ior-ruin-expedition-e01.md) — Enchantment
5. [Valakut Predator](/printing/valakut-predator-bfz.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Land's Edge](/printing/lands-edge-chr.md) — World Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #175
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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