Card

Benthic Explorers

Creature — Merfolk Scout


, Untap a tapped land an opponent controls: Add one mana of any type that land could produce to your mana pool.

The rising oceans brought new lakes—and new terrors—to Terisiare. The Explorers found their ancient enemies spawning everywhere.


  Alliances (ALL)
#36, Common

Illustrated by: Greg Simanson
Multiverse ID: 3102

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Historic Brawl
Not Legal Modern
Not Legal Pioneer
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2009-10-01
    Benthic Explorers doesn't care about any restrictions or riders an opponent's land (such as Ancient Ziggurat or Hall of the Bandit Lord) puts on the mana it produces. It just cares about types of mana.
  • 2009-10-01
    When determining what types of mana an opponent's land could produce, take into account any applicable replacement effects that would apply to that land's mana abilities (such as Contamination's effect, for example). If there is more than one, consider them in any possible order.
  • 2009-10-01
    The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.
  • 2009-10-01
    Untapping a tapped land an opponent controls is part of the cost of Benthic Explorers's ability. If no opponent controls a tapped land, the ability can't be activated.
  • 2004-10-04
    This ability is not targeted any more.
  • 2009-10-01
    Benthic Explorers checks the effects of all mana-producing abilities of the land untapped to pay its cost, but it doesn't check the costs of those abilities. For example, Vivid Crag has the ability ", Remove a charge counter from Vivid Crag: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." If you untap a tapped Vivid Crag an opponent controls while paying for Benthic Explorers's ability, you can add one mana of any color to your mana pool. It doesn't matter whether that Vivid Crag has a charge counter on it.
USD Non-foil