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Excava, the Risen Past

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Excava, the Risen Past, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander printing
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander SOC · No. 2 2026-04-24

Card text

{2}{R}{W}
Legendary Creature — Spirit Horse
Flying, haste Whenever Excava attacks, return up to one target artifact, creature, or non-Aura enchantment card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. It's a 1/1 Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
3 / 3
Keywords: Flying, Haste
EDHREC rank #10547 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

2026-03-20 · Wizards of the Coast

An Equipment that's also a creature can't be attached to anything. You can activate its equip ability, but it won't become attached.

2026-03-20 · Wizards of the Coast

An artifact creature card or enchantment creature card returned this way will have base power and toughness 1/1.

2026-03-20 · Wizards of the Coast

If another effect causes one of the returned permanents to become a creature and sets its base power and toughness as it does so, that creature will have that power and toughness; it won't be 1/1. However, a Vehicle returned this way will remain a 1/1 if you crew it, and a Spacecraft returned this way will remain a 1/1 even if enough charge counters are placed on it for it to become a creature.

2026-03-20 · Wizards of the Coast

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Excava, the Risen Past, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander printing
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
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