Veteran Explorer

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Veteran Explorer: Creature - Human Soldier Scout, Mystery Booster 2. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{G}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Human Soldier Scout
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
Released
2024-08-02
Collector number
76
Artist
David A. Cherry
Commander rank
6,139 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Veteran Explorer

Veteran Explorer is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2), a Masters set released in August 2024. It is collector number 76 in that set, with art by David A. Cherry. It costs {G} (one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Weatherlight (1997) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Veteran Explorer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Veteran Explorer

Veteran Explorer has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Double Masters (2XM) #186Uncommon2020
Battlebond (BBD) #214Uncommon2018
Commander 2016 (C16) #174Uncommon2016
Commander 2011 (CMD) #177Uncommon2011
Weatherlight (WTH) #144Uncommon1997

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Veteran Explorer.

  • The player whose turn it is searches their library (or chooses not to), then each other player in turn order does the same. Then the player whose turn it is shuffles their library (if that player searched), then each other player in turn order does the same.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Veteran Explorer is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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