Intrepid Paleontologist
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Human Druid
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos #193s (rare)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{2}: Exile target card from a graveyard.
You may cast Dinosaur creature spells from among cards you own exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
Intrepid Paleontologist has 4 printings, first in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023). EDHREC ranks it #5,925 among Commander cards. It appears most in Pantlaza, Sun-Favored decks (9,916 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Intrepid Paleontologist most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Pantlaza, Sun-Favored: 9,916 decks
- Gishath, Sun's Avatar: 4,075 decks
- Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor: 2,150 decks
- Wayta, Trainer Prodigy: 1,064 decks
- Huatli, Poet of Unity // Roar of the Fifth People: 660 decks
- Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath: 80 decks
- Devil Dinosaur: 35 decks
- Blue, Loyal Raptor: 11 decks
Often played with Intrepid Paleontologist
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Intrepid Paleontologist must be under your control in order to start casting a Dinosaur creature spell using its last ability, but it doesn't need to stay under your control throughout that process or be under your control as the spell resolves. If, for example, you sacrifice Intrepid Paleontologist to pay an additional cost of the spell or it's destroyed in response, the spell will still resolve normally.
- : Finality counters aren't keyword counters, and a finality counter doesn't give any abilities to the permanent it's on. If that permanent loses its abilities and then would go to a graveyard, it will still be exiled instead.
- : Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.
- : Finality counters don't stop permanents from going to zones other than the graveyard from the battlefield. For example, if a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into its owner's hand from the battlefield, it does so normally.
- : Finality counters work on any permanent, not only creatures. If a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.
- : You must still pay all costs and follow any timing restrictions and permissions for Dinosaur creature spells you cast from exile this way. Normally, you'll be able to cast them only during your main phase while the stack is empty.