Ancient Excavation
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Treasure Chest #38 (uncommon)
Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand, then discard a card for each card drawn this way.
Basic landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Ancient Excavation has 4 printings, first in Commander 2016 (2016). EDHREC ranks it #9,442 among Commander cards. It appears most in Toluz, Clever Conductor decks (902 on EDHREC). 4 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Ancient Excavation
- Breed Lethality - Commander 2016, led by Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
- Breed Lethality - Commander Anthology Volume II, led by Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
- Entropic Uprising - Commander 2016, led by Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
- Invent Superiority - Commander 2016, led by Breya, Etherium Shaper
Commanders that run Ancient Excavation most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Toluz, Clever Conductor: 902 decks
- Queza, Augur of Agonies: 531 decks
- Araumi of the Dead Tide: 473 decks
- Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer: 469 decks
- Cormela, Glamour Thief: 463 decks
- Elenda and Azor: 280 decks
- Lazav, the Multifarious: 243 decks
- Mimeoplasm, Revered One: 214 decks
Often played with Ancient Excavation
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The number of cards drawn this way might not be equal to the number of cards in your hand (for example, if you apply Necroplasm’s dredge ability instead of drawing one of those cards). The number of cards that you actually drew is what determines how many cards you discard.
- : The number of cards in your hand is counted only as Ancient Excavation resolves. Ancient Excavation is on the stack at this time, so it’s not counted.