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Horizon Explorer

Creature — Insect Scout

Lands you control enter untapped.
Whenever you attack a player, create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Edge of Eternities Commander
Price
$2.93
EDHREC rank
#2095
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Horizon Explorer card art
Horizon Explorer puts a land into play from your hand whenever it deals combat damage to a player — free mana acceleration stapled to an attacker, no spell required. The cost is that it only works on combat damage, so it does nothing if it gets chump-blocked every turn; Lumra, Bellow of the Woods and Hearthhull, the Worldseed both solve that problem by making the Explorer an engine piece rather than a lone threat.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hearthhull, the Worldseed

Hearthhull, the Worldseed

83.4% of decks · synergy 0.66

Hearthhull, the Worldseed cares deeply about lands entering the battlefield, and Horizon Explorer converts each successful attack into exactly that — the Explorer's damage trigger feeds Hearthhull's payoffs directly, making it one of the most consistent land-drop engines in the 99.

02
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

65.2% of decks · synergy 0.60

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods rewards putting extra lands into play above your normal one per turn, and Horizon Explorer's combat trigger can deliver that incrementally as early as turn three, turning each attack into a ramp spell without spending a card.

03
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

74.5% of decks · synergy 0.57

Szarel, Genesis Shepherd builds toward a critical mass of lands and creatures entering, and Horizon Explorer's repeated land-drop potential feeds that count while also applying early offensive pressure.

04
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher

Toph, Hardheaded Teacher

52.6% of decks · synergy 0.48

Toph, Hardheaded Teacher rewards aggressive, combat-focused strategies, and Horizon Explorer slots in as a creature that punishes unblocked attacks with tangible board-state improvement rather than just chip damage.

05
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

42.7% of decks · synergy 0.40

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord wants a wide board that can threaten multiple damage sources, and Horizon Explorer contributes by converting even a single successful attack into a land drop that accelerates the whole strategy.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Horizon Explorer — its ability rewards long games with multiple attack steps, and the land-drop trigger compounds meaningfully over a full pod game where you attack three opponents. Legacy and Vintage both permit it, but a three-mana 3/2 that requires combat damage to do anything has no realistic path into those formats' threat hierarchies. Oathbreaker is the only other format worth mentioning, where a faster game clock still leaves room for a creature that doubles as ramp in a color combination that wants it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.93 cheap tier

At $2.93, Horizon Explorer sits at the high end of budget but still in casual-staple territory — cheap enough to slot into any landfall or land-matters build without deliberation. Given its high inclusion rate in multiple popular commanders, the price is unlikely to drop significantly, and it represents straightforward value for the role it fills.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.