Borderland Explorer
The List C18-133 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- C18-133
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Lucas Graciano
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
When this creature enters, each player may discard a card. Each player who discarded a card this way may search their library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Borderland Explorer was originally printed in the Odyssesy expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2001. As a common creature card, it was designed to provide players with land-searching utility, allowing them to tutor for basic lands from their library at the cost of discarding cards from their hand. The mechanics of the card reflect the set's graveyard-centric theme, where discarding or cycling cards was often a strategic advantage rather than a simple drawback.
The card features an illustration by Pete Venters, a prolific artist for the game during its formative years. Venters focused on capturing the rugged, nomadic aesthetic of the character, emphasizing the gritty survivalism of the borderlands. The card was eventually reprinted as part of The List, a curated selection of cards from Magic's history included in Set Boosters, which served to increase the accessibility of older, functional cards for both players and those interested in the evolution of the game's design.
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