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 #103
Dire Fleet Interloper
xln·#103·common·nonfoil
Illus. John Severin Brassell
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Sep '17
8 yr ago
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Volatility · high
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #24,030 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Human Pirate
Menace
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.)
2/2
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 7
wotc
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.
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.)
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