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Environmental Scientist

Creature — Human Druid1 generic manaGreen mana

The two-mana body attached to a fetch-a-basic trigger is one of green's oldest reliable shapes, and this is a faithful copy of it: a 2/2 that trades a card in hand for a body on the board plus a land pulled toward your grip. The trigger fetches into your hand rather than onto the battlefield, so it is smoothing and fixing rather than ramp, thinning a basic out of the deck and guaranteeing your next land drop rather than accelerating you a turn ahead. That distinction is the whole reason the effect stays humble: putting the land into play would price the creature out of a color that already leans hard on mana engines, so the compromise keeps it a fair two-drop with a floor. The body matters as much as the trigger. A 2/2 that has already replaced itself asks nothing further of you, blocks a one-drop, and carries an aura or an equipment without feeling like a wasted turn. This is common-rarity curve filler that quietly does its job in any green deck wanting a two-drop with a bit of upside: a card whose ceiling is low but whose floor is high enough that it rarely embarrasses you.

Environmental Scientist (sos)
SOS · #147uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.17
Foil: $0.24
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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