---
name: "Lorehold Excavation"
mana_cost: "{R}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "200"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jinho Bae"
oracle_id: "0ed2a07c-a7a5-4910-a63c-e72803947afb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lorehold-excavation-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lorehold Excavation
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, mill a card. If a land card was milled this way, you gain 1 life. Otherwise, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
{5}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Watcher of the Wayside](/printing/watcher-of-the-wayside-tdm.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
2. [Return of the Mole Man](/printing/return-of-the-mole-man-msc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Dredger's Insight](/printing/dredgers-insight-dft.md) — Enchantment
4. [Crawling Sensation](/printing/crawling-sensation-otc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Hope Estheim](/printing/hope-estheim-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Ripples of Undeath](/printing/ripples-of-undeath-mh3.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #200
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jinho Bae
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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