---
name: "Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Avatar // Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "90338"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wayne Reynolds"
oracle_id: "6556c4c0-b10d-4208-821b-0c0a49abd188"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wandering-archaic-explore-the-vastlands-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Avatar // Sorcery

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart](/printing/the-arkenstone-seek-the-heart-hob.md) — Legendary Artifact // Sorcery — Adventure
2. [Sundering Archaic](/printing/sundering-archaic-sos.md) — Creature — Avatar
3. [Zanarkand, Ancient Metropolis // Lasting Fayth](/printing/zanarkand-ancient-metropolis-lasting-fayth-fin.md) — Land — Town // Sorcery — Adventure
4. [Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas](/printing/makindi-stampede-makindi-mesas-znr.md) — Sorcery // Land
5. [Wandering Ones](/printing/wandering-ones-chk.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins](/printing/ondu-inversion-ondu-skyruins-znr.md) — Sorcery // Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90338
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wayne Reynolds
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-04-16)* For Wandering Archaic's triggered ability, the opponent chooses whether to pay {2} before their spell resolves. If they don't pay {2}, your copy will resolve before the original spell.
- *(2021-04-16)* Explore the Vastlands has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, revealing either a land card or an instant or sorcery card is optional. Any player who can't reveal a card or chooses not to simply puts all cards they looked at on the bottom of their library in a random order. Each player gains 3 life whether they revealed a card or not.
- *(2021-04-16)* While resolving Explore the Vastlands, first the active player reveals the cards they are going to put into their hand. Then each other player in turn order does the same, knowing choices made before they choose.
- *(2021-04-16)*