Benthic Explorers
Creature — Merfolk Scout
$0.14
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Public decks
Rules Text
Distant Atlantis charged these Explorers with the task of venturing into unknown waters to track the despised Viscerids.
Card Facts
Legality
Commander
LegalDuel Commander
LegalLegacy
LegalOathbreaker
LegalPauper
LegalPauper Commander
LegalPreDH
LegalPremodern
LegalVintage
LegalAlchemy
Not legalBrawl
Not legalCompetitive Brawl
Not legalFuture
Not legalGladiator
Not legalHistoric
Not legalModern
Not legalOld School
Not legalPenny Dreadful
Not legalPioneer
Not legalStandard
Not legalStandard Brawl
Not legalTimeless
Not legalTLR
Not legalRulings
- Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast
Untapping a tapped land an opponent controls is part of the cost of Benthic Explorers's ability. If no opponent controls a tapped land, the ability can't be activated.
- Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast
The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.
- Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast
Benthic Explorers checks the effects of all mana-producing abilities of the land untapped to pay its cost, but it doesn't check the costs of those abilities. For example, Vivid Crag has the ability "{T}, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Crag: Add one mana of any color." If you untap a tapped Vivid Crag an opponent controls while paying for Benthic Explorers's ability, you can add one mana of any color. It doesn't matter whether that Vivid Crag has a charge counter on it.
- Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast
When determining what types of mana an opponent's land could produce, take into account any applicable replacement effects that would apply to that land's mana abilities (such as Contamination's effect, for example). If there is more than one, consider them in any possible order.
- Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast
Benthic Explorers doesn't care about any restrictions or riders an opponent's land (such as Ancient Ziggurat or Hall of the Bandit Lord) puts on the mana it produces. It just cares about types of mana.
- Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast
This ability is not targeted any more.
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