Wayfarer's Bauble
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact
Oracle Text:
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Doctor Who
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Character Background
Wayfarer's Bauble reads like a tiny astral compass — a low-cost artifact that trades itself to deliver a basic land, so it best supports ramp/value and combo engines that prize reliable color fixing or an extra land drop. Economically it's like a delayed Rampant Growth: cast for {1}, pay {2} and tap to sacrifice for a tutored basic, so you get consistency rather than immediate tempo unless you build around it. Specific synergy: pair it with Amulet of Vigor to have the fetched land enter untapped and enable explosive early mana (think Amulet-style or Titan lines), or slot it into landfall and Scapeshift/Omnath decks that want guaranteed basics. In singleton or Commander, artifact recursion (Academy Ruins-style effects) can recycle it for repeated value. Deckbuilding tip: treat it as a two-to-three copy utility card in midrange and combo lists where a guaranteed basic matters, but don’t overload on one-shot artifacts unless you also include recursion or artifact synergies.
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