Hit the Mother Lode
~$0.35 low · ~$1.59 high
Red. Sorcery

Foundations Commander #161 · Illustrated by Diego Gisbert
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Oracle text
Discover 10. If the discovered card's mana value is less than 10, create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to the difference. (To discover 10, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 10 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Format legality
All 6 printings of Hit the Mother Lode
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foundations Commander fdc #161· 2026rare· Cardmarket €0.33 | rare | $0.38 | No foil printing | €0.33 | |
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan lci #153· 2023rare· Cardmarket €0.27 · €0.19 foil | rare | $1.37 | $0.80 | €0.27€0.19 foil | |
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan lci #375· 2023Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.34 · €0.57 foil | rare | $0.75 | $1.59 | €0.34€0.57 foil | |
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan lci #404· 2023Promorare· Cardmarket €0.30 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $0.35 | €0.30 foil | |
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos plci #153p· 2023Promorare· Cardmarket €0.21 · €0.38 foil | rare | $0.91 | $0.54 | €0.21€0.38 foil | |
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos plci #153s· 2023Promorare· Cardmarket €0.84 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $1.43 | €0.84 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2023
- Printings
- 6
- Mana value
- 7
- EDHREC rank
- #1,803 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Treasure, Discover
- Artists
- Diego Gisbert, Bram Sels
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Foundations Commander card (#161).
0161 · FDC · R · EN
- 0161Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- FDCSet code for Foundations Commander
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (10)
2023-11-10
Some spells and abilities that cause you to discover may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and you won't discover.
2023-11-10
When you discover, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether you cast the exiled card or put it into your hand.
2023-11-10
If you can't cast the discovered card (perhaps because there are no legal targets for the spell), you'll put it into your hand.
2023-11-10
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.
2023-11-10
You won't create any Treasure tokens until you finish discovering. For example, if the card you discover has "As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact," you can't sacrifice one of the Treasures from Hit the Mother Lode to pay that additional cost.
2023-11-10
If you discover an adventurer card, split card, or modal double-faced card, you might be able to cast that card with either set of characteristics depending on the effect's discover value. For example, if you discover 4 and reveal Galvanic Giant (an adventurer card from Wilds of Eldraine with a mana value of 4), you could cast Galvanic Giant, but not Storm Reading (its Adventure, which has a mana value of 7). If you discover 7 and reveal Galvanic Giant, you could cast either Galvanic Giant or Storm Reading.
2023-11-10
If the discovered card has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
2023-11-10
A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
2023-11-10
You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
2023-11-10
The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If discover allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half (as long as its mana value is less than or equal to the effect's discover value) but not both halves.
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