---
name: "Waterwind Scout"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Scout"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Explore"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alix Branwyn"
oracle_id: "db65f874-6bf3-4fdb-a977-10b01b7ee2e9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/waterwind-scout-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Waterwind Scout
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Scout
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Explore

## Oracle Text
Flying
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.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spyglass Siren](/printing/spyglass-siren-lci.md) — Creature — Siren Pirate
2. [Topography Tracker](/printing/topography-tracker-lcc.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
3. [Sentinel of the Nameless City](/printing/sentinel-of-the-nameless-city-plci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Warrior Scout
4. [Merfolk Branchwalker](/printing/merfolk-branchwalker-xln.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
5. [Merfolk Wayfinder](/printing/merfolk-wayfinder-ddm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
6. [Tishana's Wayfinder](/printing/tishanas-wayfinder-xln.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alix Branwyn
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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