Ancient Excavation
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.)
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2016-11-08
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.
- 2016-11-08
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ancient Excavation, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
Ancient Excavation price history
The Commander Anthology Volume II #150 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.86 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.86 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.89 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.90 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.95 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.94 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Ancient Excavation
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.27
- Normal
- $0.86
- Normal
- $0.49
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ancient Excavation. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
