---
name: "Intrepid Paleontologist"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Druid"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "193"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Irina Nordsol"
oracle_id: "d6026309-aae9-43e7-938b-69db7af7139c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/intrepid-paleontologist-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Intrepid Paleontologist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Druid
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ixalli's Lorekeeper](/printing/ixallis-lorekeeper-lci.md) — Creature — Human Druid
2. [Atzocan Seer](/printing/atzocan-seer-lcc.md) — Creature — Human Druid
3. [Commune with Dinosaurs](/printing/commune-with-dinosaurs-msc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Forerunner of the Empire](/printing/forerunner-of-the-empire-rix.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Drover of the Mighty](/printing/drover-of-the-mighty-lcc.md) — Creature — Human Druid
6. [Bronzebeak Foragers](/printing/bronzebeak-foragers-lcc.md) — Creature — Dinosaur

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #193
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Irina Nordsol
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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