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Emperor's Vanguard PXLN

Other printings of "Emperor's Vanguard": PXLN #189s XLN #189

Card

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artistVictor Adame Minguez
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asciiName
attractionLights
availabilitypaper
boosterTypes
borderColorblack
colorIdentityG
colorIndicator
colorsG
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank21670
edhrecSaltiness0.07
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faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishesfoil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects
frameVersion2015
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hasContentWarning
hasFoil1
hasNonFoil0
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo1
isRebalanced
isReprint1
isReserved
isStarter1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywordsExplore
languageEnglish
layoutnormal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost{3}{G}
manaValue4
nameEmperor's Vanguard
number189s
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText
otherFaceIds
power4
printingsPXLN, XLN
promoTypessetpromo, prerelease, datestamped
rarityrare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStampoval
setCodePXLN
side
signature
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subsets
subtypesHuman, Scout
supertypes
textWhenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it explores. (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.)
toughness3
typeCreature — Human Scout
typesCreature
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variations
watermark
setNameIxalan Promos

Identifiers

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Legalities

id83859
alchemy
brawlLegal
commanderLegal
duelLegal
future
gladiatorLegal
historicLegal
legacyLegal
modernLegal
oathbreakerLegal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
pennyLegal
pioneerLegal
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timelessLegal
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vintageLegal

Purchase URLs

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cardKingdom
cardKingdomEtched
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cardmarket
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tcgplayerEtched
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Foreign Data (per language)

No foreign data.

Rulings

datetext
2018-01-19If 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.
2018-01-19If 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 you control explores" trigger if appropriate.
2018-01-19If 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.
2018-01-19If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
2018-01-19In 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.)
2018-01-19Once 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.
2018-01-19Some 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.

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