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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #51
Diligent Excavator
dom·#51·uncommon·foil
Illus. Mark Behm
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Apr '18
8 yr ago
Value
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Volatility · high
Tracking since · May 5, 2026
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EDHrec rank #17,587 · Fringe play
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Gameplay
Creature — Human Artificer
Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Archaeologists don't just dig in the dirt. They excavate time, scraping off the years grain by grain.
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Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
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.
wotc
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.
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