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Paleontologist's Pick-Axe

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

LCCThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander#16mythic
Paleontologist's Pick-Axe shown
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 384–1120
Illustrator
Ernanda Souza
Found in
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Collector Booster Pack · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Set Booster Pack
Printings2Combos21EDHREC rank#17,873
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card, then discard a card. Equip {1} Craft with one or more creatures {5} ({5}, Exile this artifact, Exile one or more creatures you control and/or creature cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
Equip
Plays as:
Card DrawLootingAttack TriggerIs EquipmentCommander Synergy
Market · per finishspark updated 30m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+10.0%
$0.66
$0.01 low-$0.24 gapTCGplayer
Foil+26.7%
$1.33
$0.04 low-$0.11 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.50· across 2 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

7 · latest Nov 10, 2023
  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    Each time Dinosaur Headdress becomes attached to a creature, you choose one of the exiled creature cards used to craft it. You may choose the same card you chose the last time you had to choose.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    If a card that isn't a transforming double-faced card becomes a copy of a card with craft, it'll stay in exile if you activate the craft ability. It won't return to the battlefield.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    If the chosen card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    If the materials required include multiple objects, you may exile some of them from among permanents you control and the rest from among cards in your graveyard. You don't have to choose all permanents or all cards from your graveyard.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    The back faces of some cards with craft refer to cards "used to craft" it. This refers to the cards exiled as part of the cost of the craft ability of the front face. Those cards are considered to be "used to craft" that permanent as long as they remain exiled and the permanent remains on the battlefield, even if the permanent's controller changes or some of its characteristics change (because of a copy effect, for example.)

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    The equipped creature copies exactly what's printed on the exiled card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into exile.

  • WotCNov 10, 2023

    You may exile tokens you control as part of the materials required. However, because they aren't cards and won't stay in exile, any abilities that refer to what you "used to craft" the back faces won't refer to anything.