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Hakbal of the Surging Soul LCC

Other printings of "Hakbal of the Surging Soul": LCC #3 LCC #19 LCC #29 LCC #123

Card

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artistTyler Walpole
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attractionLights
availabilitymtgo, paper
boosterTypes
borderColorblack
colorIdentityG, U
colorIndicator
colorsG, U
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duelDeck
edhrecRank3347
edhrecSaltiness0.44
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frameEffectslegendary, inverted, etched
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isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywordsExplore
languageEnglish
layoutnormal
leadershipSkills{'brawl': False, 'commander': True, 'oathbreaker': False}
life
loyalty
manaCost{2}{G}{U}
manaValue4
nameHakbal of the Surging Soul
number123
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
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power3
printingsLCC
promoTypesthick
raritymythic
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStampoval
setCodeLCC
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signature
sourceProducts
subsets
subtypesMerfolk, Scout
supertypesLegendary
textAt the beginning of combat on your turn, each Merfolk creature you control 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 the exploring creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever Hakbal attacks, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don't, draw a card.
toughness3
typeLegendary Creature — Merfolk Scout
typesCreature
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setNameThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander

Identifiers

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Legalities

id44614
alchemy
brawl
commanderLegal
duelLegal
future
gladiator
historic
legacyLegal
modern
oathbreakerLegal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
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vintageLegal

Purchase URLs

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Foreign Data (per language)

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Rulings

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2023-11-10Each of your Merfolk creatures will explore during the resolution of Hakbal of the Surging Soul's first ability. Players won't be able to respond between the explores.
2023-11-10If 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.
2023-11-10If 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.
2023-11-10If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
2023-11-10If you control multiple Merfolk, you choose the order in which they explore. Make sure it's clear which Merfolk is exploring before you reveal any cards.
2023-11-10In 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.)
2023-11-10Once 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.
2023-11-10Some 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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