---
name: "Brackish Blunder"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Explore"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "4ad34f85-a185-458a-a7a1-eb60f7efce5b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brackish-blunder-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brackish Blunder
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Explore

## Oracle Text
Return target creature to its owner's hand. If it was tapped, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

> *Quando i Malamet gli avevano detto di evitare il fiume, pensava intendessero che non era potabile.*

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`