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Brackish Blunder

INSTANT Common
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan LCI #46 EDHREC #16,937
$0.19
+0.0% 7 days

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Brackish Blunder Price Summary

Brackish Blunder's current headline price is $0.19.

Brackish Blunder Printings & Prices

1 printings

Brackish Blunder has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Brackish Blunder Rules Text & Legality

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Instant — mana cost {1}{U}

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If it was tapped, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

"When the Malamet told him to avoid the river, he thought they meant it wasn't safe to drink."

Brackish Blunder is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper.

Brackish Blunder Rulings

5 most recent
  • Nov 10, 2023 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.
  • Nov 10, 2023 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.
  • Nov 10, 2023 If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
  • Nov 10, 2023 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.)
  • Nov 10, 2023 Map tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one is a colorless artifact with the artifact subtype Map and the ability "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery."

Reprints & Reprint Risk

2 printings

Brackish Blunder has been reprinted 2 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment 90 days
LCI #46 2023-11-17 Common Standard
LCI #46 2023-11-17 Common Standard

Brackish Blunder in Commander

Brackish Blunder is the #16,937 most-played card on EDHREC, down 476 places over the last 30 days.

Brackish Blunder FAQ

How much is Brackish Blunder worth?

Brackish Blunder is worth about $0.19 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.

Is Brackish Blunder legal in Commander?

Yes — Brackish Blunder is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Pauper.

Has Brackish Blunder been reprinted?

Yes — Brackish Blunder has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Brackish Blunder cheap?

Brackish Blunder trades at about $0.19 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#16,937 on EDHREC).