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Brackish Blunder

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Blue. Instant

one generic manaone blue mana

0046 · LCI · C · ENWhat the codes mean

Brackish Blunder

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #46 · Illustrated by Daarken

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Non-foil · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #46

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Oracle text

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If it was tapped, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "one generic mana, tap this permanent, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

When the Malamet told him to avoid the river, he thought they meant it wasn't safe to drink.

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Card details

First printed
2023
Printings
1
Mana value
2
EDHREC rank
#17,080 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Explore
Artist
Daarken

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the The Lost Caverns of Ixalan card (#46).

0046 · LCI · C · EN

  • 0046Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
  • LCISet code for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
  • CCommon
  • ENPrinted in English

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Rulings (7)

  1. 2023-11-10

    Map tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one is a colorless artifact with the artifact subtype Map and the ability "one generic mana, tap this permanent, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery."

  2. 2023-11-10

    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.

  3. 2023-11-10

    If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.

  4. 2023-11-10

    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.

  5. 2023-11-10

    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.

  6. 2023-11-10

    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.

  7. 2023-11-10

    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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