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Merfolk Cave-Diver LCI

Card

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availabilityarena, mtgo, paper
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colorIdentityU
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colorsU
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flavorText"Learn all you can of this underground sea. I suspect more secrets of our ancestors lie waiting in its depths."
—Tishana
frameEffects
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isGameChanger
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isTextless
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keywordsExplore
languageEnglish
layoutnormal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost{2}{U}
manaValue3
nameMerfolk Cave-Diver
number65
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalTextWhenever a creature you control explores, Merfolk Cave-Diver gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
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power2
printingsLCI
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rarityuncommon
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subsets
subtypesMerfolk, Scout
supertypes
textWhenever a creature you control explores, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
toughness4
typeCreature — Merfolk Scout
typesCreature
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watermark
setNameThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan

Identifiers

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Legalities

id44938
alchemy
brawlLegal
commanderLegal
duelLegal
futureLegal
gladiatorLegal
historicLegal
legacyLegal
modernLegal
oathbreakerLegal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
pennyLegal
pioneerLegal
predh
premodern
standardLegal
standardbrawlLegal
timelessLegal
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vintageLegal

Purchase URLs

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Foreign Data (per language)

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Chinese Simplified潜窟人鱼「尽你所能摸透这片地下海的底细。我怀疑其深处还有更多先祖的秘密等待我们去发现。」
~提莎娜
生物 — 人鱼/斥候每当一个由你操控的生物勘查时,潜窟人鱼得+1/+0直到回合结束,且本回合不能被阻挡。639013
FrenchSpéléoplongeuse ondine« Apprenez tout ce que vous pouvez sur cette mer souterraine. Je soupçonne que bien d'autres secrets de nos ancêtres nous attendent dans ses profondeurs. »
—Tishana
Créature — ondin et éclaireurÀ chaque fois qu'une créature que vous contrôlez explore, la Spéléoplongeuse ondine gagne +1/+0 jusqu'à la fin du tour et ne peut pas être bloquée ce tour-ci.637729
GermanMeervolk-Höhlentaucherin„Lernt, so viel ihr könnt, aus diesem unterirdischen Meer. Ich ahne, dass weitere Geheimnisse unserer Vorfahren in seinen Tiefen auf uns warten."
—Tishana
Kreatur — Meervolk, SpäherImmer wenn eine Kreatur, die du kontrollierst, erkundet, erhält die Meervolk-Höhlentaucherin +1/+0 bis zum Ende des Zuges und kann in diesem Zug nicht geblockt werden.637087
ItalianTritona delle Caverne"Scopri tutto ciò che puoi su questo mare sotterraneo. Credo che nelle sue profondità si nascondano molti altri segreti dei nostri antenati."
—Tishana
Creatura — Esploratore TritoneOgniqualvolta una creatura che controlli esplora, la Tritona delle Caverne prende +1/+0 fino alla fine del turno e non può essere bloccata in questo turno.638050
Japaneseマーフォークの洞窟潜り「地下の海を出来る限り調べ尽くすのだ。恐らく我らの先祖の秘密はこの奥底に眠っている。」
――ティシャーナ
クリーチャー — マーフォーク・スカウトあなたがコントロールしているクリーチャー1体が探検を行うたび、ターン終了時まで、マーフォークの洞窟潜りは+1/+0の修整を受け、このターン、これはブロックされない。638371
Portuguese (Brazil)Mergulhadora de Cavernas Tritã"Aprenda tudo que puder sobre esse mar subterrâneo. Suspeito que mais segredos de nossos ancestrais jazam à nossa espera em suas profundezas."
— Tishana
Criatura — Tritão BatedorToda vez que uma criatura que você controla explora, Mergulhadora de Cavernas Tritã recebe +1/+0 até o final do turno e não pode ser bloqueada neste turno.638692
SpanishTritona buceacuevas"Aprende todo lo que puedas de este mar subterráneo. Creo que sus profundidades albergan más secretos sobre nuestros ancestros".
—Tishana
Criatura — Explorador tritónSiempre que una criatura que controlas explore, la Tritona buceacuevas obtiene +1/+0 hasta el final del turno y no puede ser bloqueada este turno.637408

Rulings

datetext
2023-11-10If a creature leaves the battlefield before an effect instructs it to explore, it still explores. Abilities like Merfolk Cave-Diver's that trigger whenever a creature you control explores will still trigger.
2023-11-10If 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.
2023-11-10If 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.
2023-11-10If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
2023-11-10In 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.)
2023-11-10Once 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.
2023-11-10Some 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.

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