Excava, the Risen Past
Flying, haste
Whenever Excava attacks, return up to one target artifact, creature, or non-Aura enchantment card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. It's a 1/1 Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
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Legality
9 formatsB/R history
Rulings
4- 2026-03-20
An Equipment that's also a creature can't be attached to anything. You can activate its equip ability, but it won't become attached.
- 2026-03-20
An artifact creature card or enchantment creature card returned this way will have base power and toughness 1/1.
- 2026-03-20
If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- 2026-03-20
If another effect causes one of the returned permanents to become a creature and sets its base power and toughness as it does so, that creature will have that power and toughness; it won't be 1/1. However, a Vehicle returned this way will remain a 1/1 if you crew it, and a Spacecraft returned this way will remain a 1/1 even if enough charge counters are placed on it for it to become a creature.
Versions
1| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCSecrets of Strixhaven Commander | 2 | 2026 | Mythic | Ilse Gort |
In sealed products
Pull odds for signed-in users| Product | Set | Chance | Expected copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Codex Bundle · Bundle | SOS | ||
| Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Deck Lorehold Spirit · Deck | SOC | ||
| Secrets of Strixhaven Collector Booster Box · Booster box | SOS | ||
| Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Deck Set of 5 · subset | SOC | ||
| Secrets of Strixhaven Collector Booster Pack · Booster pack | SOS | ||
| Secrets of Strixhaven Draft Night · Limited kit | SOS |