Glimpse the Core
Glimpse the Core rewards efficient green play with a clean, practical effect you will reach for when the game needs reliable land access or graveyard recursion. For a single green and one generic mana you choose one of two tidy options. You may tutor a basic Forest and put it onto the battlefield tapped to smooth your curve and fix future draws. Alternatively you may return a Cave card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped to reuse a land that matters to your plan.
This near mint foil printing from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan fits into tempo builds and land matter decks without fuss. The card name appears across many archetypes in draft and casual play because it pairs well with fetch effects and recursion engines. Keep it in the main, the sideboard, or a singleton shell where small, repeatable utility matters.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost {1}{G}
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Card Type Sorcery
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) Choose one: Search your library for a basic Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Return target Cave card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
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Set The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
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Rarity Uncommon
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Flavor Text "Wow. It's a good thing we brought a poet." Wayta