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Subterranean Schooner

Artifact — Vehicle1 generic manaBlue mana

Crew 1 is the number that makes this Vehicle work. Explore has usually lived on creatures that pay the cost by existing: a body walks in, digs, and either grows or nets a land. Bolting the trigger to a Vehicle instead means the explore fires on attack and lands on whichever creature turned it on, so a single one-power dork can tap in, animate a 3/4, and then take the +1/+1 counter (or the card into hand) itself. That splits the explore payoff from the exploring body in a way most explore cards do not allow, and it rewards a crewer worth growing rather than the chassis's own stats. The design pays for this by gating the explore behind an attack, which pushes you to swing every turn to keep the engine turning over; a 3/4 for two is sized to bully small blockers and stay in the red zone. The counters compound: each successful non-land explore leaves the chosen creature a little bigger, and over a few attacks the crewer that started as a mana source ends up a genuine threat while the Schooner keeps carding you toward lands. It is repeatable card selection stapled to a workmanlike beater, with the value routed through the pilot rather than the hull.

Subterranean Schooner (plci)
PLCI · #80prare
Pricing
Normal: $0.26
Foil: $0.25
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this Vehicle attacks, target creature that crewed it this turn explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.) Crew 1
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
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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