Frantic Search

Mana cost

Mana value3TypeInstant Color identity

Blue RarityCommon SetStar Trek Commander (TRC) ArtistLeonardo Santanna Price€0.75

About this card

Frantic Search is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 3 (color identity: blue). First printed in Urza's Legacy (1999); 18 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: card draw. It is one of the 100 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 97). Legal in Commander and Vintage. Banned in Legacy and Pauper. Cheapest printing: €0.53 (Commander Masters); most expensive: €15.26 (Secret Lair Drop).

Frantic Search

Instant

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

"*Cairo* to away team. We're getting a life sign, but that reactor leak is interfering with our scanners. You'll need to search each deck."

Name in each language

FrançaisRecherche effrénéeEnglishFrantic SearchEspañolBúsqueda frenéticaDeutschHastige SucheItalianoRicerca FreneticaPortuguêsBusca Frenética日本語大あわての捜索

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyBannedVintageLegalPauperBannedBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricBannedTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2022-12-08
You choose which lands to untap as the spell resolves. They aren't targeted, and they don't have to be lands that you control.

2018-12-07
You draw two cards and discard two cards all while Frantic Search is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.