Oreskos Explorer
Oreskos Explorer: Creature - Cat Scout, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Cat Scout
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 832
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
- Commander rank
- 5,967 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Oreskos Explorer
Oreskos Explorer is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 832 in that set, with art by Winona Nelson. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Commander 2015 (2015) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When this creature enters, search your library for up to X Plains cards, where X is the number of players who control more lands than you. Reveal those cards, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Oreskos Explorer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Oreskos Explorer
Oreskos Explorer has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C21-98 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #98 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #381 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Battlebond (BBD) #100 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #32 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #68 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #10 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #6 | Uncommon | 2015 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Oreskos Explorer, newest first.
- If no player controls more lands than you do, you'll still search and shuffle your library, although you can't find any cards.
- The value of X is determined as Oreskos Explorer's triggered ability resolves.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Oreskos Explorer is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.