Merfolk Cave-Diver
Download Full Image ( Card | Crop )
Show All Legalities >>
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Explorer | Legal |
| Future | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Standard | Legal |
| Standardbrawl | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Card Set | The Lost Caverns of Ixalan |
| Card Type | Creature — Merfolk Scout |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Mana Cost | |
| Card Stats | 2 / 4 |
| Card Text | Whenever a creature you control explores, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. |
| Flavor Text | "Learn all you can of this underground sea. I suspect more secrets of our ancestors lie waiting in its depths." —Tishana |
| Card Number | #65 |
| Artist | Fesbra |
| Subtypes | Merfolk , Scout |
| Keywords | Explore |
| Card Languages | Chinese Simplified , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish |
| Frame Version | 2015 |
| Border Color | Black |
| EDHREC Rank | 8463 |
| Has Foil? | Yes |
| Reprint? | No |
| Is Promo? | No |
| Oversized? | No |
| Joke Card? | No |
| In Starter? | No |
| Time Shifted? | No |
| Show More >> | |
| Currently no one is offering this product for sale on mtgcardsbuy.com. Be the first by signing up as a vendor! |
Card Rulings
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.