Card text
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.)
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Mana cost
{2}{U}{B}
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Card text
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.)
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Ancient Excavation
Ancient Excavation (27) is a Blue and Black Instant from Commander 2016 (C16). It costs {2}{U}{B} and has mana value 4. It is printed at Uncommon rarity. Its text prints Cycling and Landcycling. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Oathbreaker.
Commander 2016 is a Commander product, released November 2016. Ancient Excavation has 2 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
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.)
Card details
- Card number
- 27
- Set
- Commander 2016 (C16)
- Set type
- Commander
- Released
- 11 November 2016
- Rarity
- Uncommon (U)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Blue / Black
- Colour identity
- Blue / Black
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Ancient Excavation
Ancient Excavation in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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