wotc
If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #178
Cenote Scout
lci·#178·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Caroline Gariba
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wishlisted
Nov '23
2 yr ago
Value
$0.23+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $0.25 · low $0.21
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.13USD$0.23TIX0.03 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #11,077 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Merfolk Scout
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.)
"If you're afraid to dive into the unknown, how will you ever find anything new?"
1/1
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
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.)
wotc
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.
Context
Last observed at $0.23, stable around $0.23 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.25 across 38 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 18 hours ago at $0.23.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from LCI — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *The Lost Caverns of Ixalan* (released November 2023).
Card #178 in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Creature — Merfolk Scout. Color identity: green. Mana cost: {G} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Explore.
Legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,077 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Caroline Gariba. Rarix tracks 180 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Caroline Gariba
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