---
name: "Excavator"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "287"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tom Kyffin"
oracle_id: "2d5ebcd7-07c2-412e-b0d9-54e3a88895fd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excavator-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Excavator
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}, Sacrifice a basic land: Target creature gains landwalk of each of the land types of the sacrificed land until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a land of any of those types.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mishra's Groundbreaker](/printing/mishras-groundbreaker-all.md) — Artifact
2. [Escape Tunnel](/printing/escape-tunnel-tmt.md) — Land
3. [Giant Slug](/printing/giant-slug-leg.md) — Creature — Slug
4. [Staff of the Ages](/printing/staff-of-the-ages-ice.md) — Artifact
5. [Krosan Wayfarer](/printing/krosan-wayfarer-jud.md) — Creature — Human Druid
6. [Hammerheim](/printing/hammerheim-leg.md) — Legendary Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #287
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tom Kyffin
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`