Diligent Excavator

Name
Diligent Excavator

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Human Artificer

Set
Dominaria

Rarity
Uncommon

Text

Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)


Flavor Text

Archaeologists don't just dig in the dirt. They excavate time, scraping off the years grain by grain.


Power/Toughness
1/3

Number
#51

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Arena | Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(27/04/2018)
A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.


(27/04/2018)
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do.


(27/04/2018)
An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.


(27/04/2018)
Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.


Artist
Mark Behm

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