Topography Tracker

All 2 printings of Topography Tracker

Printing	Rarity	Non-foil	Cardmarket (EUR)	My collection
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander lcc #63· 2023Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.35	rare	$0.44	€0.35	+ Add, Topography Tracker, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #63
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander lcc #95· 2023rare· Cardmarket €0.36	rare	$0.31	€0.36	+ Add, Topography Tracker, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #95

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Rulings (7)

1. 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.

2. 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 ", , Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery."

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 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.)

7. 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.