Ancient Excavation Price
4 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2016
Ancient Excavation has been printed 4 times across 4 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is The List #PZ2-38 at $0.28, while the most expensive is Commander Anthology Volume II #150 at $0.89 — about 3× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.49. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 4x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Commander Anthology Volume II.
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Every Ancient Excavation Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The List #PZ2-38 (U) Cheapest | 2024 | $0.28 | $0.33 |
| Commander 2016 #27 (U) | 2016 | $0.49 | — |
| Commander Anthology Volume II #150 (U) | 2018 | $0.89 | $0.15 |
| Treasure Chest #38 (U) | 2016 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Basic landcycling
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsThe 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.
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.