Diligent Excavator
Creature — Human Artificer
Archaeologists don't just dig in the dirt. They excavate time, scraping off the years grain by grain.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1422
- Illustrator
- Mark Behm
- Found in
- Dominaria MTGO Redemption · Dominaria MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Plays as: Artifact Payoff · Self Mill · Opponent Mill
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Rulings
4 · latest Apr 27, 2018 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 27, 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.
- WotCApr 27, 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.
- WotCApr 27, 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.
- WotCApr 27, 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.