Magic: The Gathering

Excavator

Tempest 287 • uncommon

Set: Tempest
Collector number: 287
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana cost: 2 generic mana
Type: Artifact
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Tom Kyffin
Market price: $0.20

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Market

What it's worth

$0.20market price via TCGplayer · Oct 7, 2026$0.20 – $0.27 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

The Excavator is an uncommon card that allows players to return artifacts from their graveyard to their hand, offering a valuable way to recycle utility pieces throughout a game. By enabling the reuse of essential tools, it serves as a reliable engine for maintaining board presence and tactical flexibility.

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Card face

What it does

tap, Sacrifice a basic land: Target creature gains landwalk of each of the land types of the sacrificed land until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a land of any of those types.)

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Excavator was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to emphasize the strategic complexity of the game's mechanics, introducing themes like the graveyard as a secondary resource. The card itself reflects this mechanical focus, allowing players to utilize specific artifacts to manipulate the board state in a manner consistent with the set's industrial and archaeological aesthetic.

The artwork for the card was created by artist Jeff Miracola. His illustration captures the rugged, functional design language prevalent in the Tempest setting, portraying a creature deeply integrated with the heavy machinery and earthen tones of the plane of Rath. Upon release, the card was received as a niche utility piece, valued primarily by players looking to refine artifact-focused deck builds during a period of significant expansion for the game's card pool.

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