Ancient Excavation

Commander 2016 · #27 · uncommon · EN

$0.31

cheapest of 24 store offers · see all

market $0.48

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: 2016-11-11

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.48
  • Cardmarket: €1.12
  • MTGO tix: 0
$0.76$0.48
236 days of daily prices for Ancient Excavation: $0.58 to $0.48
2026-01-252026-11-12
236 days tracked · $0.58 → $0.48 (-17%) · low $0.48 · high $0.76
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Commander 2016 #27) in 7 other languages.

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$0.31today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.35today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.41today
First PlayerSP · 2 days agoSPregularCA$0.602 days ago
401 GamesSP · 3 days agoSPregularCA$0.683 days ago
The Comic HunterNM · todayNMregularCA$0.70today
401 GamesNM · 3 days agoNMregularCA$0.753 days ago
CardTraderMP · 6 days agoMPregular€0.696 days ago

Truncated: 16 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 24 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 19 lists
  • Played in 3 decks
  • 29 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Ancient Excavation

USD · low $0.26 · high $0.81

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