---
name: "Scampering Surveyor"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Gnome"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "260"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Xavier Ribeiro"
oracle_id: "63c8f510-eba8-4f00-9f80-fbbc74801a4a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scampering-surveyor-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Scampering Surveyor
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Gnome
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, search your library for a basic land card or Cave card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

> *Conosce la lunghezza, l'inclinazione e l'orientamento di ogni galleria che abbia mai attraversato.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Compass Gnome](/printing/compass-gnome-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
2. [Skittering Surveyor](/printing/skittering-surveyor-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
3. [Campus Guide](/printing/campus-guide-fdn.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
4. [Frontier Guide](/printing/frontier-guide-ddp.md) — Creature — Elf Scout
5. [Quirion Trailblazer](/printing/quirion-trailblazer-inv.md) — Creature — Elf Scout
6. [Sylvan Ranger](/printing/sylvan-ranger-c14.md) — Creature — Elf Scout Ranger

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #260
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Xavier Ribeiro
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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