---
name: "Excavation Technique"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Treasure", "Demonstrate"]
set: "C21"
set_name: "Commander 2021"
collector_number: "343"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Francisco Miyara"
oracle_id: "bcd3e6a1-7b76-408d-9236-3791c3e1064a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excavation-technique-c21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Excavation Technique
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Treasure, Demonstrate

## Oracle Text
Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Players may choose new targets for their copies.)
Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Replication Technique](/printing/replication-technique-m3c.md) — Sorcery
2. [May the Mana Be with You](/printing/may-the-mana-be-with-you-unk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Creative Technique](/printing/creative-technique-c21.md) — Sorcery
4. [Incarnation Technique](/printing/incarnation-technique-sld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Transforming Flourish](/printing/transforming-flourish-tdc.md) — Instant
6. [Buy Your Silence](/printing/buy-your-silence-snc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2021 (C21) #343
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Francisco Miyara
- **Total Printings:** 17 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`