---
name: "Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{W}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Scientist"
colors: ["G", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "U", "W"]
keywords: ["Discover"]
set: "REX"
set_name: "Jurassic World Collection"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "0f4d513e-100d-4cbb-b919-09249cef5fad"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ellie-and-alan-paleontologists-rex"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{W}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/5
- **Keywords:** Discover

## Oracle Text
{T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Discover X, where X is the mana value of the exiled card. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Digsite Conservator](/printing/digsite-conservator-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
2. [Geological Appraiser](/printing/geological-appraiser-lci.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
3. [A-Geological Appraiser](/printing/a-geological-appraiser-lci.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
4. [Buried Treasure](/printing/buried-treasure-lci.md) — Artifact — Treasure
5. [Pantlaza, Sun-Favored](/printing/pantlaza-sun-favored-lcc.md) — Legendary Creature — Dinosaur
6. [Primordial Gnawer](/printing/primordial-gnawer-lci.md) — Creature — Insect Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jurassic World Collection (REX) #10
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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