---
name: "Excava, the Risen Past"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit Horse"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste"]
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ilse Gort"
oracle_id: "77216636-f76d-4c5e-b1ac-ab1844753f05"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excava-the-risen-past-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Excava, the Risen Past
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spirit Horse
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Haste

## Oracle Text
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kami of Industry](/printing/kami-of-industry-neo.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Moira and Teshar](/printing/moira-and-teshar-moc.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Spirit Bird
3. [Razor Hippogriff](/printing/razor-hippogriff-c13.md) — Creature — Hippogriff
4. [Augusta, Order Returned](/printing/augusta-order-returned-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor
5. [Urborg Scavengers](/printing/urborg-scavengers-mat.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Rescuer Sphinx](/printing/rescuer-sphinx-war.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #2
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ilse Gort
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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