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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Diligent Excavator

Equivalent cards to Diligent Excavator (blue card, mills when casting historic spells):
1. Merfolk Secretkeeper — Blue, mills 4 (Adventure).
2. Thought Scour — Blue, instant, mills
2. 3. Stern Dismissal — Not a mill card, but cheap blue spell for historic triggers.
4. Overwhelmed Apprentice — Blue, ETB mill
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Reason: All are blue, cheap, and mill when a spell is cast, enters, or as an effect. Closest in repeatability: Hedron Crab (mills on landfall) and Ruin Crab (same, from Zendikar Rising).

Results:

Diligent Excavator #51 Creature — Human Artificer

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Artificer
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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 0.08 USD / 0.5 USD
    Cardmarket 0.13 EUR / 0.3 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.52 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.)

    Hedron Crab #155 Creature — Crab

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 0/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Crab
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.11 USD
    Cardmarket 1.61 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD
    Manapool 0.71 USD

    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, target player mills three cards. (They put the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.)

    Overwhelmed Apprentice #60 Creature — Human Wizard

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill Scry

    Rules

  • You scry 2 once after each opponent has moved the top cards of their library. You don't scry 2 for each opponent.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD / 0.41 USD
    Cardmarket 0.15 EUR / 0.21 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.39 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, each opponent mills two cards. Then you scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

    Ruin Crab #911 Creature — Crab

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 0/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Crab
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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

    Seller Price

    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.)

    Stern Dismissal #68 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.22 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 0.32 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Return target creature or enchantment an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

    Thought Scour #5 Instant

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
    • SubTypes:
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • Follow the instructions in the order listed on the card: if you target yourself, you'll put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard and then draw a card.
  • If the target player is an illegal target when Thought Scour tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't draw a card.

    • Prices

    Seller Price

    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 two cards. Draw a card.

    Diligent Excavator Creature — Human Artificer Normal - ~$0.31

    Hedron Crab Creature — Crab Normal - ~$1.61

    Overwhelmed Apprentice Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$0.26

    Ruin Crab Creature — Crab Normal

    Stern Dismissal Instant Normal - ~$0.23

    Thought Scour Instant Normal

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