Ancient Excavation
c16Commander 2016#27uncommon
Legal in 5 of 23 formats
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.61
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Instant
Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand, then discard a card for each card drawn this way.
Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Ability breakdown
Abilities
Basic landcycling
SpellDraw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand, then discard a card for each card drawn this way.
Rulings
- WotCNov 8, 2016
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.
- WotCNov 8, 2016
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.
Market & price history
Market
C16 #27
2026-07-06Ancient Excavation
$0.61TCGplayer market▲ 0.0% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.25Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.45· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-0.20 (-80.0%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 5h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.61▲ +1.7%
Across all copies
This card, all printings.
Cheaper copy available: $0.38
Demand signals
Plays as
Card DrawMana Fixer
Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
James Paick
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- James Paick
- Frame
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
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