Diligent Excavator
~$0.32 low · ~$0.33 high
Blue. Creature — Human Artificer
Dominaria #51 · Illustrated by Mark Behm
Dominaria #51 · Illustrated by Mark BehmWhat is Diligent Excavator worth?
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Oracle text
Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
1/3
Archaeologists don't just dig in the dirt. They excavate time, scraping off the years grain by grain.
Format legality
The only printing of Diligent Excavator
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dominaria dom #51· 2018uncommon· Cardmarket €0.16 · €0.43 foil | uncommon | $0.32 | $0.33 | €0.16€0.43 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2018
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #18,487 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Mill
- Artist
- Mark Behm
Rulings (4)
2018-04-27
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do.
2018-04-27
A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.
2018-04-27
Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
2018-04-27
An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
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