Path of Discovery

Public decks that run Path of Discovery

• Animated Army - Bloomburrow Commander, led by Bello, Bard of the Brambles
• Counter Blitz - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
• The Fantastic Four - Marvel Super Heroes, led by Mister Fantastic

Commanders that run Path of Discovery most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Bello, Bard of the Brambles: 11,677 decks
• Tidus, Yuna's Guardian: 4,417 decks
• Hakbal of the Surging Soul: 3,325 decks
• Sidisi, Brood Tyrant: 1,993 decks
• Yuna, Grand Summoner: 1,356 decks
• Nicanzil, Current Conductor: 1,048 decks
• Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer: 952 decks
• Clement, the Worrywort: 525 decks

Often played with Path of Discovery

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Siren Lookout
• Shadowed Caravel
• Emperor's Vanguard
• Pyreswipe Hawk
• Negative Zone Portal
• Tishana's Wayfinder
• Lodestone Needle
• Lord Jyscal Guado
• Subterranean Schooner
• Ultimate Nullification

Rulings

• 2018-01-19: Path of Discovery's triggered ability triggers along with any other abilities that say that the creature explores when it enters the battlefield, including abilities that come from the creature itself or from multiples of Path of Discovery. You may take actions between each resolving ability's exploration.
• 2018-01-19: If an ability instructs a creature to explore, its controller reveals the top card of their library. If it's a land card, they'll put it into their hand. Otherwise, they'll put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then choose to either leave that card on top of their library or put it into their graveyard.
• 2018-01-19: If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. If you reveal a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything, but you may put the revealed card into your graveyard. Effects that trigger "whenever a creature you control explores" trigger if appropriate.
• 2018-01-19: Once an ability that causes a creature to explore begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the exploring creature after you reveal a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
• 2018-01-19: If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
• 2018-01-19: In some unusual cases, noncreature permanents may explore. For example, if the creature card returned by Defossilize is somehow not a creature once it's on the battlefield, it can still explore. You'll take all the same actions, and you may end up putting a +1/+1 counter on the permanent. (Note that some effects target a creature, and those effects would still require a legal target to have it explore.)
• 2018-01-19: Some spells or abilities might cause a creature to explore multiple times in a row. If you reveal a nonland card when a creature explores and leave it on top of your library, then the creature explores again immediately afterwards, you'll reveal the same card again.
• 2018-01-19: If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. If you reveal a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything, but you may put the revealed card into your graveyard. Effects that trigger "whenever a creature explores" trigger as appropriate.