Diligent Excavator

Commanders that run Diligent Excavator most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Emry, Lurker of the Loch: 1,295 decks
• Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: 306 decks
• Rona, Disciple of Gix: 9 decks
• Spider-Byte, Web Warden: 2 decks

Often played with Diligent Excavator

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Mirran Spy
• Board the Weatherlight
• Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
• Anger of the Gods
• Riddlesmith
• Chromatic Sphere
• Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• Conjurer's Bauble
• Phyrexia's Core
• Bow of Nylea

Rulings

• 2018-04-27: 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.
• 2018-04-27: 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.
• 2018-04-27: 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.
• 2018-04-27: 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.