---
name: "Excavating Anurid"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Frog Beast"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "568"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Joe Slucher"
oracle_id: "0239b661-80be-4b52-b3b7-fca229192b58"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excavating-anurid-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Excavating Anurid
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Frog Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, draw a card.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Anurid Barkripper](/printing/anurid-barkripper-jud.md) — Creature — Frog Beast
2. [Krosan Beast](/printing/krosan-beast-sld.md) — Creature — Squirrel Beast
3. [Battlefield Scrounger](/printing/battlefield-scrounger-dmr.md) — Creature — Centaur
4. [Metamorphic Wurm](/printing/metamorphic-wurm-ody.md) — Creature — Elephant Wurm
5. [Cephalid Sage](/printing/cephalid-sage-tor.md) — Creature — Octopus
6. [Nantuko Calmer](/printing/nantuko-calmer-tor.md) — Creature — Insect Druid

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #568
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Joe Slucher
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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