Emperor's Vanguard

Ixalan · #189 · Rare

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Ixalan · #189 · Rare

Emperor's Vanguard

Emperor's Vanguard

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Emperor's Vanguard3G

Creature — Human Scout

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

4/3

Card details
Set
Ixalan
Set code
XLN
Number
189
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Victor Adame Minguez
Card type
Creature
Colors
Mono-Green (Green)
Mana value
4
Keywords
Explore
Released
September 29, 2017
EDHREC rank
#25643 on EDHREC
Available on
MTG Arena, Paper, Magic Online
Language
English
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Security stamp
Oval

Legality
  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • BrawlLegal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulLegal
  • FutureNot legal

Rulings (7)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 you control explores" trigger if appropriate.

  • 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.)

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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