---
name: "Garrison Excavator"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Orc Sorcerer"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "5d808e64-a648-4f1b-a3a9-fd09568db281"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/garrison-excavator-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Garrison Excavator
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Orc Sorcerer
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

> *"Me da igual que esté prohibido entrar. ¡En los Cuarteles Perdidos hay demasiadas reliquias bélicas como para dejarlos pasar!".*

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3. [Unforgiving One](/printing/unforgiving-one-neo.md) — Creature — Spirit
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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #116
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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