Whiskervale Forerunner
Whiskervale Forerunner: Creature - Mouse Bard, Bloomburrow. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Mouse Bard
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow (BLB)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 40
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast
- Keywords
- Valiant
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About Whiskervale Forerunner
Whiskervale Forerunner is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Bloomburrow (BLB), an expansion set released in August 2024. It is collector number 40 in that set, with art by Ryan Pancoast. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Valiant - Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability you control for the first time each turn, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card with mana value 3 or less from among them. You may put it onto the battlefield if it's your turn. If you don't put it onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Whiskervale Forerunner 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 |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Whiskervale Forerunner
Whiskervale Forerunner has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow (BLB) #301 | Rare | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Promos (PBLB) #40p | Rare | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Promos (PBLB) #40s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Whiskervale Forerunner, newest first.
- If a spell or ability you control has one or more of its targets changed to a creature you control with a valiant ability, that ability will trigger if that creature hasn't yet been the target of a spell or ability you control this turn.
- If you create a copy of a spell on the stack and target a creature you control with a valiant ability, that ability will trigger as long as the creature hasn't yet been the target of a spell or ability you control this turn.
- Valiant abilities will resolve before the spell or ability that caused them to trigger.
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