Cards/The Lost Caverns of Ixalan/Cenote Scout

Cenote Scout

{G}

Creature — Merfolk Scout

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan·lci #408·Uncommon·2023·Art by Caroline Gariba
StandardLegal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal

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.)

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Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
Number
#408
Rarity
Uncommon
Artist
Caroline Gariba
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.30
USD Foil
$0.60
EUR
0.08
EUR Foil
0.40
MTGO Tix
0.14

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings6

11/10/2023·wotc

If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.

11/10/2023·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.)

11/10/2023·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.

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