Frontier Guide
~$0.17 low · ~$1.03 high
Green. Creature — Elf Scout
Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi #12 · Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds
Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi #12 · Illustrated by Wayne ReynoldsWhat is Frontier Guide worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
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: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
1/1
"The elders say Zendikar has no safe, peaceful places. How would they know? They've never looked."
Format legality
All 2 printings of Frontier Guide
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi ddp #12· 2015uncommon· Cardmarket €0.22 | uncommon | $0.18 | No foil printing | €0.22 | |
 Zendikar zen #161· 2009uncommon· Cardmarket €0.10 · €0.50 foil | uncommon | $0.17 | $1.03 | €0.10€0.50 foil |
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Where to buy Frontier Guide
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Card details
- First printed
- 2009
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #15,166 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Wayne Reynolds
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi card (#12).
12 · U · EN
- 12Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Frontier Guide, read from the Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Frontier Guide. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 2: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Elf and Scout are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 1/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Wayne Reynolds. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 12 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- Rarity letter
- U = uncommon
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Wayne Reynolds, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
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