Elemental Teachings — ruling 1

You can choose to find fewer than four cards if you want. If you find one or two cards, your opponent must choose for them to be put into your graveyard.

Elemental Teachings : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Elemental Teachings is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Search your library for up to four land cards with different names and reveal them. An opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

How it works : Elemental Teachings

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
You can choose to find fewer than four cards if you want. If you find one or two cards, your opponent must choose for them to be put into your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.