Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass LCI

Other printings of "Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass": LCI #62 LCI #62

Card

id	44935
artist	José Parodi
artistIds	4aac5bf3-5a92-40f6-a0c3-6edc7373cc71
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	arena, mtgo, paper
boosterTypes	default
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	U
colorIndicator	U
colors	U
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	12287
edhrecSaltiness	0.2
faceConvertedManaCost	0
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue	0
faceName	Guidestone Compass
finishes	nonfoil, foil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	1
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Explore
language	English
layout	transform
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost
manaValue	2
name	Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass
number	62
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	{1}, {T}: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery. (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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
otherFaceIds	7e5745ac-a79d-53f2-90f8-bc20797cd8c2
power
printings	LCI
promoTypes
rarity	uncommon
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp
setCode	LCI
side	b
signature
sourceProducts
subsets
subtypes
supertypes
text	{1}, {T}: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery. (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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
toughness
type	Artifact
types	Artifact
uuid	3ed12a09-70ff-5e04-8f96-123cb4378c9f
variations
watermark
setName	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

Identifiers

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deckboxId	84287
mcmId	743205
mcmMetaId	427274
mtgArenaId	87202
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mtgoId	117920
multiverseId	636763
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scryfallIllustrationId	39437e9b-504d-46ae-89c3-1249cea53096
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Legalities

id	44935
alchemy
brawl	Legal
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future	Legal
gladiator	Legal
historic	Legal
legacy	Legal
modern	Legal
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer	Legal
predh
premodern
standard	Legal
standardbrawl	Legal
timeless	Legal
uuid	3ed12a09-70ff-5e04-8f96-123cb4378c9f
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

id	44935
cardKingdom	https://mtgjson.com/links/f8aec207cfa2e180
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil	https://mtgjson.com/links/6709a3e3936e8d0b
cardmarket	https://mtgjson.com/links/36589cff979b28e3
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tcgplayerEtched
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Foreign Data (per language)

language	name	faceName	type	text	multiverseId
Chinese Simplified	磁石针尖 // 导石罗盘	导石罗盘	神器	{1}，{T}：令目标由你操控的生物勘察。只能于法术时机起动。（展示你的牌库顶牌。如果该牌是地，则置于你手上。若否，则在该生物上放置一个+1/+1指示物，然后将所展示的牌放回原位或置入你的坟墓场。）	639009
French	Aiguille de magnétite // Boussole en pierre-guide	Boussole en pierre-guide	Artefact	{1}, {T} : Une créature ciblée que vous contrôlez explore. N'activez que lorsque vous pourriez lancer un rituel. (Révélez la carte du dessus de votre bibliothèque. Mettez cette carte dans votre main si c'est un terrain. Sinon, mettez un marqueur +1/+1 sur cette créature, puis remettez la carte au-dessus de votre bibliothèque ou mettez-la dans votre cimetière.)	637725
German	Magneteisennadel // Leitstein-Kompass	Leitstein-Kompass	Artefakt	{1}, {T}: Eine Kreatur deiner Wahl, die du kontrollierst, erkundet. Aktiviere diese Fähigkeit wie eine Hexerei. (Decke die oberste Karte deiner Bibliothek auf. Falls die Karte ein Land ist, nimm sie auf deine Hand. Lege sonst eine +1/+1-Marke auf jene Kreatur und lege dann die Karte zurück oder auf deinen Friedhof.)	637083
Italian	Ago di Magnetite // Bussola Pietraguida	Bussola Pietraguida	Artefatto	{1}, {T}: Una creatura bersaglio che controlli esplora. Attiva solo come una stregoneria. (Rivela la prima carta del tuo grimorio. Se è una terra, aggiungila alla tua mano. Altrimenti, metti un segnalino +1/+1 sulla creatura, poi rimetti la carta al suo posto o mettila nel tuo cimitero.)	638046
Japanese	磁石の針 // 導石のコンパス	導石のコンパス	アーティファクト	{1}, {T}：あなたがコントロールしているクリーチャー１体を対象とする。それは探検を行う。起動はソーサリーとしてのみ行う。（あなたのライブラリーの一番上にあるカード１枚を公開する。それが土地なら、そのカードをあなたの手札に加える。そうでないなら、そのクリーチャーの上に＋１/＋１カウンター１個を置く。その後、そのカードを戻すかあなたの墓地に置く。）	638367
Portuguese (Brazil)	Agulha de Magnetita // Bússola de Pedra-guia	Bússola de Pedra-guia	Artefato	{1}, {T}: A criatura alvo que você controla explora. Ative somente como um feitiço. (Revele o card do topo de seu grimório. Coloque aquele card em sua mão se ele for um terreno. Caso contrário, coloque um marcador +1/+1 naquela criatura e, em seguida, devolva o card ao grimório ou coloque-o em seu cemitério.)	638688
Spanish	Aguja de piedraimán // Piedras de orientación	Piedras de orientación	Artefacto	{1}, {T}: La criatura objetivo que controlas explora. Activa esto solo como un conjuro. (Muestra la primera carta de tu biblioteca. Pon esa carta en tu mano si es una tierra. De lo contrario, pon un contador +1/+1 sobre esa criatura y luego devuelve la carta a su sitio o ponla en tu cementerio.)	637404

Rulings

date	text
2023-11-10	If a card that isn't a transforming double-faced card becomes a copy of a card with craft, it'll stay in exile if you activate the craft ability. It won't return to the battlefield.
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 materials required include multiple objects, you may exile some of them from among permanents you control and the rest from among cards in your graveyard. You don't have to choose all permanents or all cards from your graveyard.
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	Lodestone Needle's enters-the-battlefield ability can target an artifact or creature that's already tapped. If so, you'll just put two stun counters on that artifact or creature.
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.
2023-11-10	The back faces of some cards with craft refer to cards "used to craft" it. This refers to the cards exiled as part of the cost of the craft ability of the front face. Those cards are considered to be "used to craft" that permanent as long as they remain exiled and the permanent remains on the battlefield, even if the permanent's controller changes or some of its characteristics change (because of a copy effect, for example.)
2023-11-10	You may exile tokens you control as part of the materials required. However, because they aren't cards and won't stay in exile, any abilities that refer to what you "used to craft" the back faces won't refer to anything.