Magic: The Gathering

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: $0.27

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What it's worth

$0.27market price via TCGplayer · Aug 20, 2026$0.22 – $0.31 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This card serves as a key engine for self-mill strategies, allowing players to churn through their libraries whenever a creature enters the battlefield. As an uncommon find from the Dominaria set, it is a prized utility piece for those looking to manipulate their graveyard to fuel powerful synergies.

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Card face

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.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

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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