---
name: "Excavated Wall"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Wall"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Mill", "Defender"]
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "255"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "16e48b95-f030-400c-a2b7-c3f3111cc165"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excavated-wall-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Excavated Wall
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/4
- **Keywords:** Mill, Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
{1}, {T}: Mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

> *« Ne laissez pas le silence vous tromper. Ces vieilles pierres essaient de vous parler. »
—Augusta, doyenne de Forsapience*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wall of Lost Thoughts](/printing/wall-of-lost-thoughts-rna.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Coral Colony](/printing/coral-colony-dmu.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Millikin](/printing/millikin-ody.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
4. [Wall of Mulch](/printing/wall-of-mulch-ons.md) — Creature — Wall
5. [Reito Sentinel](/printing/reito-sentinel-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Manakin and Millikin](/printing/manakin-and-millikin-unk.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #255
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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