Topography Tracker LCC

Other printings of "Topography Tracker": LCC #63 LCC #95

Card

id	44553
artist	Lindsey Look
artistIds	95bc132d-37aa-4063-8ed8-04d489e826cd
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	G
colorIndicator
colors	G
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	5009
edhrecSaltiness	0.09
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil
flavorName
flavorText	"Good thing I'm not afraid of heights."
frameEffects	extendedart
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter	1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Explore
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{2}{G}
manaValue	3
name	Topography Tracker
number	63
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	When Topography Tracker enters the battlefield, create a Map token. If a creature you control would explore, instead it explores, then it explores again.
otherFaceIds
power	2
printings	LCC
promoTypes	boosterfun
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	oval
setCode	LCC
side
signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['955c4191-c152-5025-9248-8c9e49fada0a']}
subsets
subtypes	Merfolk, Scout
supertypes
text	When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.") If a creature you control would explore, instead it explores, then it explores again.
toughness	2
type	Creature — Merfolk Scout
types	Creature
uuid	6c93b160-b650-5244-8766-0915862cef6b
variations	f926a56c-8a18-5ce9-8844-dadd1f74921d
watermark
setName	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander

Identifiers

id	44553
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cardKingdomFoilId
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cardsphereFoilId
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deckboxId	84723
mcmId
mcmMetaId
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mtgjsonV4Id	dfaf0657-0e27-5b89-8c75-0ff766f06387
mtgoFoilId
mtgoId	118512
multiverseId	640287
scryfallCardBackId	0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
scryfallId	04e04291-ed8c-4f1e-8d68-df8587968b13
scryfallIllustrationId	2adb6827-5805-4b7f-8fa3-13bd30b7ce9e
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tcgplayerProductId	526249
uuid	6c93b160-b650-5244-8766-0915862cef6b

Legalities

id	44553
alchemy
brawl
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator
historic
legacy	Legal
modern
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	6c93b160-b650-5244-8766-0915862cef6b
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

id	44553
cardKingdom	https://mtgjson.com/links/8b20134237051d15
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/6a60eca2f487b189
tcgplayerEtched
uuid	6c93b160-b650-5244-8766-0915862cef6b

Foreign Data (per language)

language	name	flavorText	type	text	multiverseId
Chinese Simplified	地势追迹师	「幸好我不恐高。」	生物 — 人鱼／斥候	当地势追迹师进战场时，派出一个地图衍生物。如果某个由你操控的生物将勘察，则改为它勘察，然后它再勘察。	640415
French	Traqueuse de topographie	« Heureusement que je n'ai pas le vertige. »	Créature — ondin et éclaireur	Quand la Traqueuse de topographie arrive sur le champ de bataille, créez un jeton Carte. Si une créature que vous contrôlez devait explorer, à la place elle explore, puis elle explore à nouveau.	640351
German	Geländekundige Spurensucherin	„Zum Glück habe ich keine Höhenangst."	Kreatur — Meervolk, Späher	Wenn die Geländekundige Spurensucherin ins Spiel kommt, erzeuge einen Lageplan-Spielstein. Falls eine Kreatur, die du kontrollierst, erkunden würde, erkundet sie stattdessen und erkundet dann erneut.	640319
Japanese	地形学の追跡者	「高所が苦手じゃなくてよかった。」	クリーチャー — マーフォーク・スカウト	地形学の追跡者が戦場に出たとき、地図・トークン１つを生成する。あなたがコントロールしているクリーチャー１体が探検を行うなら、それは代わりに探検を行い、もう１回探検を行う。	640383

Rulings

date	text
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	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	Map tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one is a colorless artifact with the artifact subtype Map and the ability "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery."
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.