Miner's Guidewing
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flying, vigilance
When this creature dies, target creature you control 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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-11-10
In some unusual cases, noncreature permanents may explore. For example, if the creature card returned by Defossilize is somehow not a creature once it's on the battlefield, it can still explore. You'll take all the same actions, and you may end up putting a +1/+1 counter on the permanent. (Note that some effects target a creature, and those effects would still require a legal target to have it explore.)
- 2023-11-10
Once an ability that causes a creature to explore begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the exploring creature after you reveal a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
- 2023-11-10
Some spells or abilities might cause a creature to explore multiple times in a row. If you reveal a nonland card when a creature explores and leave it on top of your library, then the creature explores again immediately afterwards, you'll reveal the same card again.
- 2023-11-10
If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
- 2023-11-10
If an ability instructs a creature to explore, its controller reveals the top card of their library. If it's a land card, they'll put it into their hand. Otherwise, they'll put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then choose to either leave that card on top of their library or put it into their graveyard.
- 2023-11-10
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. If you reveal a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything, but you may put the revealed card into your graveyard. Effects that trigger "whenever a creature explores" trigger as appropriate.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Miner's Guidewing, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain America, Living Legend | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Azorius 1 deck
Miner's Guidewing price history
The The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #24 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.21 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.21 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.21 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.22 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.23 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.23 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.23 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.22 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.22 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.23 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.23 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.23 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.24 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.24 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.24 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.25 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.25 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.25 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.25 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Miner's Guidewing
1 printing, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $0.24
- Foil
- $0.21
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Miner's Guidewing. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
