---
name: "Diligent Excavator"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Artificer"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "DOM"
set_name: "Dominaria"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mark Behm"
oracle_id: "a3866181-c127-45d6-8553-97e9f64a3ca5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/diligent-excavator-dom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Diligent Excavator
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Mill

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

> *Les archéologues ne se contentent pas de fouiller la terre. Ils creusent le temps, raclant les années petits morceaux par petits morceaux.*

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4. [Pelargir Survivor](/printing/pelargir-survivor-ltr.md) — Creature — Human Peasant
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6. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria (DOM) #51
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mark Behm
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`