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Troyan, Gutsy Explorer

First printed in Wilds of Eldraine (2023)

All 2 prints

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Troyan, Gutsy Explorer

Legendary Creature — Vedalken Scout

tap: Add GreenBlue. Spend this mana only to cast spells with mana value 5 or greater or spells with X in their mana costs.
Blue, tap: Draw a card, then discard a card.

"The streets of Ravnica were stifling. Eldraine is an endless adventure paved in gold."

1/3

Illustrated by
Jesper Ejsing

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • You don't have to spend the two mana on the same spell.
  • You can spend mana generated by Troyan on any part of the cost of a spell that contains X in its mana cost. You're not limited to spending it only on the X part.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Troyan, Gutsy Explorer in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Premier Draft 52.5% -2.7 +1.3 19063
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Sealed 52.2% -4.4 -1.5 717
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Commander In 4 of 5757 decks (0.1%), most in Zimone, Infinite Analyst

Share of decks
0.1%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.1% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.2% 2026-09-21: 0.1% 2026-09-28: 0.1% 2026-10-05: 0.1% 2026-10-12: 0.1% 2026-10-19: 0.0% 2026-10-26: 0.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
4
4 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Zimone, Infinite Analyst 0.1% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
The Goose Mother100%1618.5
Goldvein Hydra100%1618.5
Animist's Awakening100%1618.5
Zimone, Infinite Analyst100%1618.5
Kinetic Ooze100%1618.5
Lifeblood Hydra100%1618.5
Nev, the Practical Dean100%1618.5
Quandrix Charm100%1618.5
Paradox Gardens100%1618.5
Primordial Hydra100%1618.5

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

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