Diligent Excavator
Dominaria 51 • uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria
- Collector number
- 51
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Behm
- Market price
- $0.31
What it does
Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Archaeologists don't just dig in the dirt. They excavate time, scraping off the years grain by grain.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Diligent Excavator was released in the 2018 Magic: The Gathering set Dominaria, a release designed to celebrate the history of the game's most iconic plane. As part of a set focused on revisiting classic tropes and historical locations, this card was created to provide support for mill-based strategies, where a player wins by depleting their opponent's library. The card features a mechanical ability called historic, which triggers effects whenever a player casts legendary, artifact, or Saga spells.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Deruchenko Alexander. The design features a scholarly figure meticulously sifting through ancient ruins, a visual choice meant to capture the archeological and discovery-oriented theme of the Dominaria set. It was received by the player base as a utility creature, valued primarily for its niche but effective role in specialized deck archetypes that rely on repetitive card drawing and graveyard manipulation.
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