Tomb Robber

Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #87s · Rare · Creature — Human Pirate

Mana cost: {2}{B}

Menace
{1}, Discard a card: This creature 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.)

Power/toughness 1/1 · Illustrated by Xi Zhang · Released January 19, 2018

Prices

Printings

  1. The List #RIX-87 (PLST) · Rare · 2023 · $0.42 USD
  2. Rivals of Ixalan Promos #87s (this printing) · Rare · 2018 · $0.74 USD foil
  3. Rivals of Ixalan #87 (RIX) · Rare · 2018 · $0.18 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2018-01-19 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2018-01-19 · wotc — 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.)
  3. 2018-01-19 · wotc — 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.
  4. 2018-01-19 · wotc — If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
  5. 2018-01-19 · wotc — 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.
  6. 2018-01-19 · wotc — 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.
  7. 2018-01-19 · wotc — 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.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Francisco, Fowl Marauder · in 10% of 48 decks

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