Deepfathom Echo PLCI

Other printings of "Deepfathom Echo": LCI #228 PLCI #228p PLCI #228s LCI #385

Card

id	69578
artist	Matt Stewart
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attractionLights
availability	paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	G, U
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colors	G, U
defense
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edhrecRank	8298
edhrecSaltiness	0.28
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frameVersion	2015
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isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
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isOversized
isPromo	1
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved
isStarter	1
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isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Explore
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{2}{G}{U}
manaValue	4
name	Deepfathom Echo
number	228s
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originalReleaseDate
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power	4
printings	LCI, PLCI
promoTypes	prerelease, datestamped
rarity	rare
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securityStamp	oval
setCode	PLCI
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sourceProducts	{'foil': ['d8ef6b70-33b8-53b0-b895-8060e2994603']}
subsets
subtypes	Merfolk, Spirit
supertypes
text	At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature explores. Then you may have it become a copy of another creature you control until end of turn. (To have this creature explore, 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.)
toughness	4
type	Creature — Merfolk Spirit
types	Creature
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watermark
setName	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos

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Legalities

id	69578
alchemy
brawl	Legal
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future	Legal
gladiator	Legal
historic	Legal
legacy	Legal
modern	Legal
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny	Legal
pioneer	Legal
predh
premodern
standard	Legal
standardbrawl	Legal
timeless	Legal
uuid	562f9079-e83e-5d86-92b1-723d4e6e87a7
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

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Foreign Data (per language)

No foreign data.

Rulings

date	text
2023-11-10	Deepfathom Echo copies exactly what is printed on the chosen creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
2023-11-10	If Deepfathom Echo becomes a copy of a creature that is copying something else, it becomes a copy of whatever that creature is a copy of.
2023-11-10	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.
2023-11-10	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.
2023-11-10	If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
2023-11-10	If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
2023-11-10	If the copied creature is a token, Deepfathom Echo copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token. Deepfathom Echo doesn't become a token (although it might already be one).
2023-11-10	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.)
2023-11-10	Non-copy effects that have already applied to Deepfathom Echo will continue to apply to it. For example, +1/+1 counters on it will still affect it.
2023-11-10	Once Deepfathom Echo becomes a copy of another creature, it no longer has its triggered ability until end of turn.
2023-11-10	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.
2023-11-10	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.