Embrace the Unknown
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2024-04-12
If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it’s still in the graveyard.
- 2024-04-12
You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played from exile this way. For example, if an exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
- 2024-04-12
Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You’re casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.
- 2024-04-12
When a retrace spell you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it’s put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.
- 2024-04-12
A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Embrace the Unknown, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photon, Mighty Marvel | 1 | 0 | — |
| Yuma, Proud Protector | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Red 1 deck
- Naya 1 deck
Every version of Embrace the Unknown
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Normal
- $1.74
Extended Art
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Normal
- $1.49
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Embrace the Unknown. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
