River Herald Scout
Creature β Merfolk Scout
River Herald Scout
Creature β Merfolk Scout
Card Text
When this creature enters, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 2
- EDHREC Rank
- #15,569
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (8)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | en | Josu Hernaiz | $0.08 | $0.06 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | de | Josu Hernaiz | β | β |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | es | Josu Hernaiz | β | β |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | fr | Josu Hernaiz | β | β |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | it | Josu Hernaiz | β | β |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | ja | Josu Hernaiz | β | β |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | pt | Josu Hernaiz | β | β |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) | #72 | common | zhs | Josu Hernaiz | β | β |
Official Rulings (6)
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.
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.
If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
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.)
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.
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.
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