Merfolk Cave-Diver of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

Whenever a creature you control explores, Merfolk Cave-Diver gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can’t be blocked this turn.

"Learn all you can of this underground sea. I suspect more secrets of our ancestors lie waiting in its depths." —Tishana

LCI · EN Fesbra
2023-11-17

standard
future
historic
timeless
gladiator
pioneer
explorer
modern
legacy
pauper
vintage
penny
commander
oathbreaker
standardbrawl
brawl
alchemy
paupercommander
duel
oldschool
premodern
predh
usdeurfoiltix
0.040.040.170.01
EDHREC
Rareza Tipo Color Cmc L/T
Creature — Merfolk Scout 3 2/4
Foil Nonfoil Promo Fecha
★ ★ ✗ 2023-11-17
Booster Digital Oversized Reserved
✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Paper Mtgo Digital Astral Sega
✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Keywords
Set Name Set Code Set Type
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan LCI EXPANSION
release: setsize: 291 totalsetsize: 471
onlyFoil: no onlyNonFoil: no
Nombre ID
BORDER COLOR BLACK
FRAME 2015
Date Source Comment
10-11-2023 wotc 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.
10-11-2023 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.
10-11-2023 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.)
10-11-2023 wotc 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.
10-11-2023 wotc 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.
10-11-2023 wotc 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.
10-11-2023 wotc If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.