Merfolk Cave-Diver
 
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Card Name:
Merfolk Cave-Diver
Mana Cost:
2Blue
Mana Value:
3
Types:
Creature — Merfolk Scout
Card Text:
Whenever a creature you control explores, Merfolk Cave-Diver 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
P/T:
2 / 4
Rarity:
Uncommon
Card Number:
65
Artist:
Language:
English
Rulings
11/10/2023 If 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.
11/10/2023 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.
11/10/2023 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.
11/10/2023 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 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.
11/10/2023 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.
11/10/2023 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.)
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