Ancient Excavation

4 printings · from $0.26 to $0.81 · pictured: The List #PZ2-38

$0.15

cheapest of 10 store offers · see all

market $0.26

Mana cost: {2}{U}{B}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Draw, Tutor

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.)

Artist: James Paick

Released: 2024-08-02

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.26
  • Cardmarket: €0.46
  • MTGO tix: 0
$0.47$0.26
233 days of daily prices for Ancient Excavation: $0.44 to $0.26
2026-01-252026-11-12
233 days tracked · $0.44 → $0.26 (-41%) · low $0.26 · high $0.47
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.23today
401 GamesNM · todayNMregularCA$0.50today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.43today
Card KingdomSP · 3 days agoSPregular$1.033 days ago

Truncated: 5 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 10 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 33 lists
  • Played in 4 decks

Decks that play this card

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All printings

Set#RarityUSD
The List#PZ2-38 · uncommonPZ2-38uncommon$0.26
Commander Anthology Volume II#150 · uncommon150uncommon$0.81
Treasure Chest#38 · uncommon38uncommon—
Commander 2016#27 · uncommon27uncommon$0.48