Diligent Excavator (Dominaria) - Gatherer

Diligent Excavator

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Card Name:

Diligent Excavator

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Types:

Creature — Human Artificer

Card Text:

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

Flavor Text:

Archaeologists don't just dig in the dirt. They excavate time, scraping off the years grain by grain.

P/T:

1 / 3

Expansion:

Dominaria

Rarity:

Uncommon

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Artist:

Mark Behm

Rulings

4/27/2018	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.
4/27/2018	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.
4/27/2018	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.
4/27/2018	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.