Merfolk Cave-Diver LCI 0065 · uncommon
Merfolk Cave-Diver · {2}{U} · Creature — Merfolk Scout · Whenever a creature you control explores, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. · Power / toughness: 2/4 · "Learn all you can of this underground sea. I suspect more secrets of our ancestors lie waiting in its depths." —Tishana
- Price
- from $0.191 printing
- Win rate
- 53.4% GIH 12,456 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickExploration makes it unblockable for the turn, so use a Map before combat when you need damage.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,652 wins in 12,456 card-in-hand instances.
11,548 distinct games · 4,181 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.
17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Exploration makes it unblockable for the turn, so use a Map before combat when you need damage.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Explore repeatedly to improve draws and grow creatures, then force through damage with an evasive reward. Look for support such as Cenote Scout and Waterwind Scout.
- What to take next
- Use Scout’s Map to explore: revealing a land can put a land from your hand into play tapped; a nonland grows Nicanzil.
- Wrong pick
- Explore is not always a counter. If your plan needs a bigger creature, account for revealing a land instead.
- Mana & splash
- Count the colored sources needed to cast this card on time; a synergy payoff is not a reason to weaken an otherwise consistent mana base.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- Exploration makes it unblockable for the turn, so use a Map before combat when you need damage.
Draft data
−1.9 pp vs 55.3% average · 12,456 instances
Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games
#173 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.2 on average (95,739 packs).
29 of 41 blue cards · 11 of 14 blue uncommon cards.
42,795.5 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 52.8% · 5,152 instances
● Drawn later 53.8% · 7,304 instances
In hand 53.4% · 12,456 instances
Unseen in deck 51.8% · 17,623 instances
+1.6 percentage points when drawn
Compared with blue cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
River Herald Expedition UG54.7%4,175 instancesOltec Ingenuity WU54.0%2,255 instancesEchoes of the Dead UB53.0%1,237 instancesPirates' Plunder UR49.4%1,407 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.4% · 12,456 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Lodestone Needle+4.5 pp9,135 games with both in the deck · 1,895 both drawnHow to read this
Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.
At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.
Where it sits in the set
Above 31% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | draft · set · Commander Deck Display · Commander Deck Explorers of the Deep · Commander Deck Set of 4 | $0.19 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · draft · set | $0.28 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 31 packs (3.26%) · 32.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,104 packs (0.09%) · 3.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.75%) · 74.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 368 packs (0.27%) · 7.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 28 packs (3.63%) · 67.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draft Booster | Common or traditional foil | 33% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Draft Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Set Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Set Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Set Booster | Wildcards | 100% per position | Wildcards |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Fesbra, LCI 65 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- River Herald Expedition cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗