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Tunnel Surveyor

Creature — Human Detective2 generic manaBlue mana

Two bodies for three mana, split into a 2/2 and a 1/1, is a rate that reads as filler until you notice what the second body is: not a Human, not a Detective, but a Glimmer, an enchantment creature. That typing is the entire point. The Glimmer subtype anchors an enchantment-matters shell where a 1/1 token is not just a chump blocker but a trigger: it counts for cards that reward enchantments hitting the battlefield, it feeds sacrifice and glimmer-payoff engines, and it turns a vanilla body into fuel for a synergy the base creature never advertises. The design is doing the quiet work of seeding a permanent type into a color and a curve slot where you would not otherwise find one, so that the payoff cards have bodies to work with. On its own, a 2/2 that leaves a 1/1 behind is unremarkable; the trigger fires once, on entry, with no way to repeat it short of blinking the card. Everything that lifts it above the pile of "enters, make a token" commons lives in the token's type line: white Glimmer creatures are a narrow well, and this is one of the more efficient ways to draw from it. Worth the slot in a deck that cares about the token's typing, ignored anywhere that just wants two power for three mana.

Tunnel Surveyor (dsk)
DSK · #76common
Pricing
Normal: $0.05
Foil: $0.08
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Glimmer enchantment creature token.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
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Modern
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Legacy
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Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
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Historic
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Alchemy
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Timeless
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Standard Brawl
Legal
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Old School
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PreDH
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Pauper Commander
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Oathbreaker
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Gladiator
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Penny Dreadful
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Duel Commander
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Future Standard
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COMPETITIVEBRAWL
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TLR
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