Lurking Chupacabra
Creature — Beast Horror
Whenever a creature you control explores, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
"Shadow birthed it. The moon gave it eyes, and the jungle gave it teeth. But it was Death that taught it cruelty." —Huatli
YW Tang
Ixalan (XLN)
• #111Rulings
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. Effects that trigger when a creature you control explores, such as that of Lurking Chupacabra, trigger if appropriate.
(wotc • 2017-09-29)
You don’t choose a target for Lurking Chupacabra’s ability until after your creature has finished exploring.
(wotc • 2017-09-29)
Rulings
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. Effects that trigger when a creature you control explores, such as that of Lurking Chupacabra, trigger if appropriate.
(wotc • 2017-09-29)
You don’t choose a target for Lurking Chupacabra’s ability until after your creature has finished exploring.
(wotc • 2017-09-29)