Cards/The Lost Caverns of Ixalan/River Herald Guide
River Herald Guide
Creature — Merfolk Scout
Oracle 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.)
P / T
3 / 1
Print Details
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Number
- #209
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- David Astruga
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- Black
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- USD
- $0.10
- USD Foil
- $0.11
- EUR
- €0.04
- EUR Foil
- €0.16
- MTGO Tix
- 0.03
Indicative figures.
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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.
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.
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.
Print Details
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Number
- #209
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- David Astruga
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- Black
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
Value
- USD
- $0.10
- USD Foil
- $0.11
- EUR
- €0.04
- EUR Foil
- €0.16
- MTGO Tix
- 0.03
Indicative figures.