Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress
~$0.57 low · ~$1.07 high
Colorless. Artifact — Equipment // Artifact — Equipment
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #16 · Illustrated by Ernanda Souza
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #16 · Illustrated by Ernanda SouzaWhat is Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Paleontologist's Pick-Axe
Artifact — Equipment
Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.
Equip 
Craft with one or more creatures 
(, Exile this artifact, Exile one or more creatures you control and/or creature cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
Dinosaur Headdress
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control.
As this Equipment becomes attached to a creature, choose an exiled creature card used to craft this Equipment.
Equipped creature is a copy of the last chosen card.
Equip
Format legality
All 2 printings of Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander lcc #16· 2023mythic· Cardmarket €0.39 · €0.54 foil | mythic | $0.90 | $1.07 | €0.39€0.54 foil | |
 The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander lcc #36· 2023Extended Artmythic· Cardmarket €0.58 · €0.80 foil | mythic | $0.75 | $0.57 | €0.58€0.80 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2023
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #18,158 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Craft, Transform, Equip
- Artist
- Ernanda Souza
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander card (#16).
0016 · LCC · M · EN
- 0016Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- LCCSet code for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (7)
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If the chosen card has
in its mana cost, X is 0.2023-11-10
If a card that isn't a transforming double-faced card becomes a copy of a card with craft, it'll stay in exile if you activate the craft ability. It won't return to the battlefield.
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The equipped creature copies exactly what's printed on the exiled card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into exile.
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The back faces of some cards with craft refer to cards "used to craft" it. This refers to the cards exiled as part of the cost of the craft ability of the front face. Those cards are considered to be "used to craft" that permanent as long as they remain exiled and the permanent remains on the battlefield, even if the permanent's controller changes or some of its characteristics change (because of a copy effect, for example.)
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You may exile tokens you control as part of the materials required. However, because they aren't cards and won't stay in exile, any abilities that refer to what you "used to craft" the back faces won't refer to anything.
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Each time Dinosaur Headdress becomes attached to a creature, you choose one of the exiled creature cards used to craft it. You may choose the same card you chose the last time you had to choose.
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If the materials required include multiple objects, you may exile some of them from among permanents you control and the rest from among cards in your graveyard. You don't have to choose all permanents or all cards from your graveyard.
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