Sylvok Explorer
Creature — Human Druid
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #22016
Sylvok Explorer is a two-mana mana dork that taps for any color an opponent's land produces — on a good table that's effectively a Mox, and on a bad one it still replaces itself in tempo. The cost is the body: a 1/1 with no protection dies to a stiff breeze, and the value scales entirely on what your opponents are doing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sylvok Explorer earns its slot in any deck that wants two-mana ramp and plays in pods where at least one opponent runs a greedy mana base — which is most pods. It shines brightest in five-color and four-color shells where fixing is the bottleneck, because three opponents each running shocks and duals turns it into an unconditional rainbow source. In Pauper, it occupies the same role as other color-fixing dorks and sees fringe play in multicolor midrange shells. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more resilient options, so Sylvok Explorer doesn't compete there. Commander is clearly the format where it belongs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Sylvok Explorer sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up from any common box without hesitation. Bulk ramp pieces this generically useful tend to stay cheap, so there's no urgency, but there's also no reason to pay more than a quarter for it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.