---
name: "Cartographer's Companion"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Gnome"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Explore"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "248"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Chuck Lukacs"
oracle_id: "460c0f0b-bbf4-4307-9b44-350175d83bfe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cartographers-companion-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cartographer's Companion
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Gnome
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Explore

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

> *Depuis la tentative des Fomori, voici longtemps, d'éteindre la lumière de Chimil, les Oltèques ont pris d'importantes mesures pour ne jamais se perdre dans le Noyau.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Topography Tracker](/printing/topography-tracker-lcc.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
2. [Sentinel of the Nameless City](/printing/sentinel-of-the-nameless-city-plci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Warrior Scout
3. [Cartographer](/printing/cartographer-exo.md) — Creature — Human
4. [Waterwind Scout](/printing/waterwind-scout-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
5. [Spyglass Siren](/printing/spyglass-siren-lci.md) — Creature — Siren Pirate
6. [Compass Gnome](/printing/compass-gnome-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #248
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Chuck Lukacs
- **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`