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Tuktuk the Explorer

Tuktuk the Explorer

Legendary Creature — Goblin

Tuktuk the Explorer wants a deck that sacrifices its own creatures to drain opponents' life. It also works in a deck built around Goblins or Legends Matter.

  • Mana cost2 genericred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness1 / 1
  • RarityRare

Haste

When Tuktuk the Explorer dies, create Tuktuk the Returned, a legendary 5/5 colorless Goblin Golem artifact creature token.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Tuktuk the Explorer

Picked for what they do in Tuktuk the Explorer's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Tuktuk the Explorer's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Tuktuk the Explorer

explain how Tuktuk the Explorer works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 15 Jun 2010

Both Tuktuk the Explorer and Tuktuk the Returned are legendary creatures. However, since they have different names, one of each may coexist without being affected by the “legend rule.”

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Tuktuk the Explorer, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryRPlayers write colors as letters: R for red.AristocratsAristocrats decks sacrifice their own creatures on purpose and profit every time one dies, often by draining life from each opponent. A sacrifice outlet, a card that lets you sacrifice whenever you like, decides when that happens.Open the Aristocrats pageDeath TriggerTriggers when a creature dies, whether it is this creature, one of yours or an opponent's. These are the cards that pay you in an Aristocrats deck: something else makes creatures die, and these decide what you get each time. Blood Artist, Solemn SimulacrumOpen the Death Trigger pageGoblinsGoblins are almost all red: small, cheap and plentiful, and many make more Goblins or are sacrificed for a quick effect.Open the Goblins pageLegends MatterCards that care about legendary cards: rewards for casting them, discounts, or bonuses for each one you control.Open the Legends Matter page