River Herald Guide
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Merfolk Scout
Oracle Text:
Vigilance
When this creature enters, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Power/Toughness: 3/1
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price ( USD): $0.04
USD: $0.04 · EUR: €0.05
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Character Background
River Herald Guide is a quiet workhorse for tempo/value green builds: at three mana you get a 3/1 with vigilance that can both attack and still block, and the explore trigger either replaces itself with a land or grows into a thicker threat while digging for answers. The card best supports aggressive-midrange and value-oriented decks that want steady early pressure plus card selection — it smooths draws and becomes a resilient early beater if you miss lands. It pairs particularly well with +1/+1 counter support like Hardened Scales to runaway growth from nonland reveals, and with top‑deck manipulation (Sylvan Library, scry effects) or graveyard synergies so the “put into graveyard” option fuels delve/reanimator lines or Scavenging Ooze targets. Deckbuilding tip: lean into 22–24 lands if you want the exploratory upside without flooding, and include at least a couple counter‑synergies or graveyard payoffs to maximize each explore outcome.
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