---
name: "Topography Tracker"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Scout"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Explore"]
set: "LCC"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lindsey Look"
oracle_id: "0171861e-98d5-4e58-834f-899d8ad7acea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/topography-tracker-lcc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Topography Tracker
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Scout
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **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.")
If a creature you control would explore, instead it explores, then it explores again.

> *"Good thing I'm not afraid of heights."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Waterwind Scout](/printing/waterwind-scout-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
2. [Cartographer's Companion](/printing/cartographers-companion-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
3. [Sentinel of the Nameless City](/printing/sentinel-of-the-nameless-city-plci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Warrior Scout
4. [Tishana's Wayfinder](/printing/tishanas-wayfinder-xln.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
5. [Cenote Scout](/printing/cenote-scout-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
6. [Merfolk Branchwalker](/printing/merfolk-branchwalker-xln.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #63
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lindsey Look
- **Total Printings:** 12 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`