---
name: "Traveling Botanist"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Dog Scout"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daneen Wilkerson"
oracle_id: "14934ab0-41ab-44f8-bb28-2b0457eb6f5f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/traveling-botanist-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Traveling Botanist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Dog Scout
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. If you don't put the card into your hand, you may put it into your graveyard.

> *Jeder Teil einer jeden Pflanze hat seinen Nutzen — als Nahrung, als Medizin und für Zeremonien.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ainok Guide](/printing/ainok-guide-j25.md) — Creature — Dog Scout
2. [Dryad Greenseeker](/printing/dryad-greenseeker-m19.md) — Creature — Dryad
3. [Boughside Wanderers](/printing/boughside-wanderers-hob.md) — Creature — Elf Scout
4. [Zoologist](/printing/zoologist-ody.md) — Creature — Human Druid
5. [Ainok Wayfarer](/printing/ainok-wayfarer-tdm.md) — Creature — Dog Scout
6. [Borderland Ranger](/printing/borderland-ranger-e02.md) — Creature — Human Scout Ranger

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #164
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daneen Wilkerson
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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