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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Diligent Excavator

Equivalent cards to Diligent Excavator (blue, mills when you cast a historic spell):
1. Jace's Erasure — Mills whenever you draw a card.
2. Ruin Crab — Mills when a land enters the battlefield under your control.
3. Sage's Row Denizen — Mills when another blue creature enters the battlefield.
4. Persistent Petitioners — Mills by activating ability.


Reason: All are blue, repeatable mill effects for the opponent. There’s no exact duplicate for historic-spell triggers, but these have similar effects.

Results:

Diligent Excavator #51 Creature — Human Artificer

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/3
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  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Artificer
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.
  • An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
  • Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do.
  • Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.09 USD / 0.5 USD
    Cardmarket 0.15 EUR / 0.24 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 0.22 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

    Jace's Erasure #60 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • If a spell or ability causes you to draw multiple cards, Jace’s Erasure’s ability triggers that many times. (The spell or ability finishes resolving before you put Jace’s Erasure’s abilities on the stack.)
  • If a spell or ability causes you to put cards in your hand without specifically using the word “draw,” Jace’s Erasure’s ability won’t trigger.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.24 USD / 3.7 USD
    Cardmarket 0.36 EUR / 1.74 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.28 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever you draw a card, you may have target playermilla card.

    Persistent Petitioners #598 Creature — Human Advisor

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Advisor
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • Advisors that you haven't controlled continuously since your turn began may be tapped to pay for the second ability of Persistent Petitioners. This includes Persistent Petitioners itself on the turn it comes under your control.
  • It's not possible to tap one Persistent Petitioners to activate both its first and second ability, or to activate its second ability and that of another Persistent Petitioners. This means that if you tap four Persistent Petitioners, the target player mills the top twelve cards of their library, not the top forty-eight.
  • The last ability of Persistent Petitioners lets you ignore the "four-of" rule. It doesn't let you ignore format legality. For example, during a Ravnica Remastered Limited event, you can't add Persistent Petitioners from your personal collection, no matter how much they ask.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 145.72 USD
    Cardmarket 59 EUR / 68.85 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    , : Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.) Tap four untapped Advisors you control: Target player mills twelve cards. A deck can have any number of cards named Persistent Petitioners.

    Ruin Crab #911 Creature — Crab

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 0/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Crab
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
  • A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
  • Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them   on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).

    • Prices

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, each opponent mills three cards. (Tomilla card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

    Sage's Row Denizen #46 Creature — Vedalken Wizard

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vedalken
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.06 USD / 0.29 USD
    Cardmarket 0.07 EUR / 0.34 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.19 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever another blue creature you control enters, target player mills two cards.

    Diligent Excavator Creature — Human Artificer Normal - ~$1.9

    Jace's Erasure Enchantment Normal - ~$2.59

    Persistent Petitioners Creature — Human Advisor Normal - ~$91.19

    Ruin Crab Creature — Crab Normal

    Sage's Row Denizen Creature — Vedalken Wizard Normal - ~$1.84

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