Diligent Excavator

Creature — Human Artificer

LegalRank #17,643

Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

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Printings (1)

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Combos (8)

Underworld Breach + Diligent Excavator + Thassa's Oracle + Phyrexian Metamorph
→ Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite ETB
Underworld Breach + Diligent Excavator + Thassa's Oracle + Phantasmal Image
→ Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite ETB
Underworld Breach + Diligent Excavator + Thassa's Oracle + Flesh Duplicate
→ Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite ETB
Underworld Breach + Diligent Excavator + Thassa's Oracle + Clone
→ Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite ETB
Underworld Breach + Diligent Excavator + Thassa's Oracle + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
→ Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite ETB
Underworld Breach + Diligent Excavator + Thassa's Oracle + Spark Double
→ Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite ETB

Rulings (4)

2018-04-27
A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.
2018-04-27
Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
2018-04-27
An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
2018-04-27
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do.

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Rulings (4)

2018-04-27

A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.

2018-04-27

Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

2018-04-27

An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.

2018-04-27

Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do.