Perilous Forays 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
, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Complete guide
Perilous Forays is a powerful green enchantment that turns your creatures into a reliable source of land ramp. By sacrificing a creature and paying a small mana cost, you can pull specific lands directly from your library to the battlefield. This card is a staple for decks that want to fix their colors while thinning their deck of lands.
What it Does
Perilous Forays allows you to pay one generic mana and sacrifice a creature to search your library for any land card with a basic land type. Unlike many ramp spells, this does not limit you to 'Basic Lands.' You can search for any card that has the words Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, or Forest on its type line, which includes many powerful nonbasic lands.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you activate the ability by paying {1} and sacrificing a creature as a cost. Once the ability resolves, you search your library for a card with a basic land type. You then place that land onto the battlefield tapped. Finally, you must shuffle your library. Because the sacrifice is a cost, the creature is in the graveyard before the search even begins.
Common Mistakes
A frequent error is assuming you can only grab basic lands like a simple Forest. As long as the land has a subtype like 'Swamp' or 'Mountain,' it is a legal target. Another mistake is forgetting that the land enters the battlefield tapped, meaning you cannot immediately tap it for mana to fuel another activation of Perilous Forays unless you have an effect that untaps it.
When to Play It
This card shines in strategies that utilize creature tokens or have 'Landfall' triggers. It is best played when you have a surplus of small creatures that have already served their purpose, allowing you to convert them into permanent mana advantage and deck thinning.
Interaction examples
Doubling SeasonIf you have an effect that creates creature tokens, Doubling Season will ensure you have twice as many 'fuel' sources for Perilous Forays. You can sacrifice one token to Perilous Forays to find a land, and if that land entering the battlefield triggers the creation of more tokens, Doubling Season will continue to multiply your resources.
Guardian ProjectWhen you use Perilous Forays to sacrifice a nontoken creature, you might be looking to clear space or trigger graveyard effects. If you later play a creature to replace the one you sacrificed, Guardian Project will trigger and allow you to draw a card, provided that new creature doesn't share a name with the one now in your graveyard due to the Forays activation.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Perilous Forays
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You may find any card with Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, or Forest on its type line. The land doesn’t need to be a basic land, so you can find a land such as Overgrown Tomb or Tropical Island.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Perilous Forays + Scute Swarm + Lotus Cobra
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield Lotus Cobra and each Scute Swarm you control trigger.
- 3Resolve the Lotus Cobra trigger, adding .
- 4Resolve the Scute Swarm trigger(s), creating that many creature tokens.
- 5Repeat.
Perilous Forays + Scute Swarm + Tireless Provisioner
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield Tireless Provisioner and each Scute Swarm you control trigger.
- 3Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Scute Swarm trigger(s), creating that many creature token(s).
- 6Repeat.
Perilous Forays + Tireless Provisioner + Rampaging Baloths
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield Tireless Provisioner and Rampaging Baloths trigger.
- 3Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Rampaging Baloths trigger, creating a creature token.
- 6Repeat.
Perilous Forays + Lotus Cobra + Rampaging Baloths
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield Lotus Cobra and Rampaging Baloths trigger.
- 3Resolve the Lotus Cobra trigger, adding .
- 4Resolve the Rampaging Baloths trigger, creating a creature token.
- 5Repeat.
Perilous Forays + Omnath, Locus of Rage + Lotus Cobra
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature.
- 2If the creature was an Elemental, Omnath triggers, dealing 3 damage to any target.
- 3Resolve the Perilous Forays ability, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 4When the land enters the battlefield Lotus Cobra and Omnath trigger.
- 5Resolve the Lotus Cobra trigger, adding .
- 6Resolve the Omnath trigger, creating a creature token.
- 7Repeat.
Perilous Forays + Omnath, Locus of Rage + Tireless Provisioner
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature.
- 2If the creature was an Elemental, Omnath triggers, dealing 3 damage to any target.
- 3Resolve the Perilous Forays ability, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 4When the land enters the battlefield Tireless Provisioner and Omnath trigger.
- 5Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Resolve the Omnath trigger, creating a creature token.
- 8Repeat.
Perilous Forays + Lotus Cobra + Zendikar's Roil
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield Lotus Cobra and Zendikar's Roil trigger.
- 3Resolve the Lotus Cobra trigger, adding .
- 4Resolve the Zendikar's Roil trigger, creating a creature token.
- 5Repeat.
Perilous Forays + Tireless Provisioner + Zendikar's Roil
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying and sacrificing a creature, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield Tireless Provisioner and Zendikar's Roil trigger.
- 3Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Zendikar's Roil trigger, creating a creature token.
- 6Repeat.
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