[Shovah32]

Well, while I agree searching provinces can be too costly for the results remember that not every nation has access to rainbow mages. Remote spells keep your mages safer and together, save alot of time, can reach provinces cut off from your empire AND allow your mages to search above their level. While the only searching spells i tend to use are voice of tiamat and acashic record (only use it on wastes/mountains/forests) i occasionally dabble in other remote spells with certain nations.