Borderland Ranger
Avacyn Restored 169 • common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Collector number
- 169
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
"There's only one route from Kessig into Stensia. Unless you come with me."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Borderland Ranger was printed as part of the Avacyn Restored set, released in May 2012 as the final installment of the Innistrad block. Designed by Wizards of the Coast, this set was centered around the return of the archangel Avacyn to the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad. The card serves as a common-rarity creature intended to provide mana fixing, a functional staple designed to support the set's limited play environment by helping players search their libraries for basic land cards.
The artwork for this iteration was illustrated by Volkan Baga, who depicted the ranger as a rugged scout traversing the misty, shadowed landscapes characteristic of Innistrad. Baga’s aesthetic choices emphasize the functional, utilitarian nature of the character, placing the ranger in a muted, atmospheric setting that reflects the desperate struggle against the darkness thematic to the expansion. Upon its release, the card was widely utilized in draft and sealed formats for its reliability in smoothing out mana bases.
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