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Elvish Mariner

Card Name

Elvish Mariner

Mana Cost

2

Type

Creature – Elf Pilot

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Whenever Elvish Mariner attacks, scry 1.Whenever you scry, tap up to X target nonland permanents, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.

Flavor Text

In the days of the Kings, most of the High Elves dwelt with Círdan or in the seaward lands of Lindon.

Legal Formats

Commander, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(6/16/2023)
Elvish Mariner's last ability cares about the number of cards you actually looked at. For example, if you were supposed to scry 3 but only had two cards in your library, X would be 2.