Magic: The Gathering

Minotaur Explorer

Odyssey 206 • uncommon

Set: Odyssey
Collector number: 206
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana cost: 1 generic mana red mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Red
Artist: Dave Dorman
Market price: $0.24

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$0.24market price via TCGplayer · Oct 7, 2026$0.23 – $0.29 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

Part of the Odyssey set, this uncommon card features the Minotaur Explorer. As a member of this specific series, it represents the thematic focus on exploration and discovery that defines the collection.

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What it does

When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you discard a card at random.

After the invasion devastated the Talruum and Hurloon tribes, the survivors began to search for other minotaurs.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Minotaur Explorer card was released in 2001 as part of the Odyssey expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Odyssey was designed to shift the game’s focus toward graveyard interactions and card advantage, introducing a darker, more visceral aesthetic to the world of Otaria. The set moved away from the high-fantasy themes of previous blocks, emphasizing a gritty, survivalist tone that influenced the creature designs within the set.

The illustration for the Minotaur Explorer was created by artist Jeff Miracola. His work on this piece captures the rugged, wandering nature of the creature, utilizing a distinctively detailed, somewhat weathered style that was characteristic of the era's creature cards. The artwork was intended to convey the isolation and persistent search inherent in the creature's flavor text, and the card remains a modest example of the art direction that defined the early 2000s expansion sets.

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