Outcaster Trailblazer
Outcaster Trailblazer: Creature - Human Druid, Outlaws of Thunder Junction. When this creature enters, add one mana of any color. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Druid
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 4/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 173
- Artist
- Denys Tsiperko
- Commander rank
- 2,953 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Plot
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About Outcaster Trailblazer
Outcaster Trailblazer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), an expansion set released in April 2024. It is collector number 173 in that set, with art by Denys Tsiperko. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 4/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this creature enters, add one mana of any color.
Whenever another creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Plot {2}{G} (You may pay {2}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.32 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Outcaster Trailblazer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Outcaster Trailblazer
Outcaster Trailblazer has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #343 | Rare | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (POTJ) #173p | Rare | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (POTJ) #173s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Outcaster Trailblazer, newest first.
- If one or more static abilities that apply to a creature entering the battlefield change its power, those abilities are considered when determining whether or not Outcaster Trailblazer’s second ability triggers. The same is true for replacement effects that apply to it, such as entering the battlefield with one or more +1/+1 counters or entering the battlefield as a copy of another creature.
- If you’re casting a plotted card from exile without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the plotted card has any mandatory additional costs, those must still be paid to cast the spell.
- Outcaster Trailblazer’s first ability isn’t a mana ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
- Plot abilities are written “Plot [cost],” which means “Any time you have priority during your main phase while the stack is empty, you may pay [cost] and exile this card from your hand. It becomes plotted.”
- Once Outcaster Trailblazer’s second ability has triggered, lowering the power of the creature or removing it from the battlefield won’t stop you from drawing a card.
- Exiling a card using its plot ability is a special action. Once you announce you’re taking that action, no other player can respond by trying to remove that card from your hand.
- You can’t cast a plotted card on the same turn it became plotted. On any future turn, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost during your main phase while the stack is empty.
- If a plotted card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
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