---
name: "Pothole Mole"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Mole"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "176"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "8a8bc537-b69f-441d-a10e-d7f17f2f75bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pothole-mole-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pothole Mole
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Mole
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, mill three cards, then you may return a land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

> *"Someone please call pest control. Again."
—Termin, track designer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ravenous Gigamole](/printing/ravenous-gigamole-bro.md) — Creature — Mole Horror
2. [Excavation Mole](/printing/excavation-mole-iko.md) — Creature — Mole
3. [Mole Man, Moloid Master](/printing/mole-man-moloid-master-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
4. [Molt Tender](/printing/molt-tender-dft.md) — Creature — Insect Druid
5. [Moldgraf Millipede](/printing/moldgraf-millipede-j22.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
6. [Return of the Mole Man](/printing/return-of-the-mole-man-msc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #176
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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