Path of Discovery BLC

Other printings of "Path of Discovery": PLST #RIX-142 PRIX #142p PRIX #142s RIX #142 BLC #231 FIC #312

Card

id	12391
artist	Howard Lyon
artistIds	6dd06426-59fe-4b9c-aad5-6da8446a5c3d
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	G
colorIndicator
colors	G
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	3481
edhrecSaltiness	0.15
faceConvertedManaCost
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faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Explore
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{3}{G}
manaValue	4
name	Path of Discovery
number	231
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Whenever a creature you control enters, 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 the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
otherFaceIds
power
printings	BLC, FIC, PLST, PRIX, RIX
promoTypes
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	oval
setCode	BLC
side
signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['bd43f686-85d2-5b9f-b24d-3954180b085f']}
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subtypes
supertypes
text	Whenever a creature you control enters, 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 the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
toughness
type	Enchantment
types	Enchantment
uuid	b2e8e75f-ce6f-57ef-af37-1dcaab13165c
variations
watermark
setName	Bloomburrow Commander

Identifiers

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mtgoId	128609
multiverseId	671589
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Legalities

id	12391
alchemy
brawl	Legal
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator	Legal
historic	Legal
legacy	Legal
modern	Legal
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny	Legal
pioneer	Legal
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless	Legal
uuid	b2e8e75f-ce6f-57ef-af37-1dcaab13165c
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

id	12391
cardKingdom	https://mtgjson.com/links/02fa3e7f11454b46
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/8a0276ade5c2c3be
tcgplayerEtched
uuid	b2e8e75f-ce6f-57ef-af37-1dcaab13165c

Foreign Data (per language)

language	name	type	text	multiverseId
French	Chemin de la découverte	Enchantement	À chaque fois qu'une créature que vous contrôlez arrive, elle explore. (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 la créature, puis remettez la carte au-dessus de votre bibliothèque ou mettez-la dans votre cimetière.)	672255
German	Pfad der Entdeckung	Verzauberung	Immer wenn eine Kreatur unter deiner Kontrolle ins Spiel kommt, erkundet sie. (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 die Kreatur und lege dann die Karte zurück oder auf deinen Friedhof.)	671811
Japanese	発見の道	エンチャント	あなたがコントロールしているクリーチャー１体が戦場に出るたび、それは探検を行う。（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。）	672699
Spanish	Camino del descubrimiento	Encantamiento	Siempre que una criatura que controlas entre, explora. (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 la criatura y luego devuelve la carta a su sitio o ponla en tu cementerio.)	672033

Rulings

date	text
2018-01-19	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.
2018-01-19	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 you control explores" trigger if appropriate.
2018-01-19	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.
2018-01-19	If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
2018-01-19	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.)
2018-01-19	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.
2018-01-19	Path of Discovery's triggered ability triggers along with any other abilities that say that the creature explores when it enters the battlefield, including abilities that come from the creature itself or from multiples of Path of Discovery. You may take actions between each resolving ability's exploration.
2018-01-19	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.