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Captain Kathryn Janeway
Legendary Creature — Human Officer
You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Whenever Captain Janeway or another creature you control enters, that creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
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“Ramp + explore triggers turn every creature into a threat and mana acceleration.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Landfall, Tokens, Ramp, Blink
Strategy
Captain Janeway is all about ramping hard while pumping your creatures with explore triggers. The deck plays like a green midrange engine—you're accelerating mana while your creatures enter the battlefield and immediately get +1/+1 counters or card draw through explore. Every creature that enters becomes a mini-threat, and you're flooding the board with bodies while digging for lands to hit your play-per-turn bonus. Win by swinging over with a growing army of mid-sized creatures, or by assembling combo pieces from all that digging.
The core strategy hinges on creature-centric plays that trigger explore repeatedly. Token generators, flicker effects, and creatures with enter-the-battlefield abilities all synergize perfectly—they trigger explore, then explore again if they bounce back. You're never just playing a 2/2; every creature draw is ramping you or growing your team. With extra land drops and cheap creatures, you can rebuild quickly after board wipes and present a real threat by turns 4–6.
This deck rewards you for doing what green does best: accelerating and playing bigger threats than anyone else. The explore mechanic turns your ramp into creature growth, so you're genuinely ahead on board presence, not just resources.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive staples like Doubling Season; use budget token-makers like Tendershoot Dryad and Awakening Zone, and lean on mid-range creatures like Tireless Tracker and Elvish Visionary instead of pricey mythics.
Signature Cards
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