Analyze the Pollen
- Mana cost
- {G}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Promos #150p (rare)
- Price
- $1.20 USD
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 8. (Exile cards with total mana value 8 or greater from your graveyard.)
Search your library for a basic land card. If evidence was collected, instead search your library for a creature or land card. Reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Analyze the Pollen has 4 printings, first in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024). EDHREC ranks it #7,327 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence decks (189 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Analyze the Pollen most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence: 189 decks
- Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On: 181 decks
- Trostani, Three Whispers: 121 decks
- Izoni, Center of the Web: 113 decks
- Amzu, Swarm's Hunger: 75 decks
- Kura, the Boundless Sky: 66 decks
- Harold and Bob, First Numens: 21 decks
- Elanor Gardner: 5 decks
Often played with Analyze the Pollen
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The collect evidence ability of Analyze the Pollen allows you to find a nonbasic land card.
- : If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
- : Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.