Subterranean Schooner

Commanders that run Subterranean Schooner most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Edward Kenway: 7,123 decks
• Nicanzil, Current Conductor: 716 decks
• Mu Yanling, Wind Rider: 659 decks
• Neerdiv, Devious Diver: 593 decks
• Admiral Brass, Unsinkable: 491 decks
• Cosima, God of the Voyage // The Omenkeel: 458 decks
• Mary Read and Anne Bonny: 406 decks
• Miles "Tails" Prower: 280 decks

Often played with Subterranean Schooner

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Emperor's Vanguard
• Ixalli's Diviner
• Tishana's Wayfinder
• Seeker of Sunlight
• River Herald Guide
• Pathfinding Axejaw
• Shadowed Caravel
• Glowcap Lantern
• Sleek Schooner
• Merfolk Branchwalker

Rulings

• 2023-11-10: Once an ability that causes a creature to explore begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the exploring creature after you reveal a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
• 2023-11-10: In some unusual cases, noncreature permanents may explore. For example, if the creature card returned by Defossilize is somehow not a creature once it's on the battlefield, it can still explore. You'll take all the same actions, and you may end up putting a +1/+1 counter on the permanent. (Note that some effects target a creature, and those effects would still require a legal target to have it explore.)
• 2023-11-10: If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. If you reveal a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything, but you may put the revealed card into your graveyard. Effects that trigger "whenever a creature explores" trigger as appropriate.
• 2023-11-10: If an ability instructs a creature to explore, its controller reveals the top card of their library. If it's a land card, they'll put it into their hand. Otherwise, they'll put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then choose to either leave that card on top of their library or put it into their graveyard.
• 2023-11-10: If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
• 2023-11-10: Some spells or abilities might cause a creature to explore multiple times in a row. If you reveal a nonland card when a creature explores and leave it on top of your library, then the creature explores again immediately afterwards, you'll reveal the same card again.