Excavation Elephant
Dominaria 17 • common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Collector number
- 17
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Viktor Titov
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Kicker 1 generic mana white mana (You may pay an additional 1 generic mana white mana as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Excavation Elephant was released in 2018 as part of the Dominaria expansion set for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed as a thematic return to the game's original plane, aimed at celebrating the franchise's rich lore and twenty-five-year history. Mechanically, the card was intended to support the set's focus on historic cards, allowing players to recover artifacts from their graveyard to the battlefield, a common utility theme for white-aligned creatures in the game's design philosophy.
The card was illustrated by Johannes Voss, a frequent contributor to the game known for his atmospheric and clean artistic style. Voss aimed to capture the essence of the Benalish ruins on Dominaria, depicting the creature as a beast of burden assisting in the archaeological efforts of the plane's inhabitants. Upon its release, the card was received as a solid, functional inclusion in limited draft formats, valued for its ability to provide incremental card advantage and board presence.
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