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"Find me cards equivalent to: Diligent Excavator"

Equivalent cards to Diligent Excavator (blue, creature, mills when casting spells):
1. Sage's Row Denizen – Blue, mills whenever another blue creature enters the battlefield.
2. Ruining Crab – Blue, mills 3 when a land enters.
3. Minister of Inquiry – Blue, mills 3, but needs to tap and pay energy.
4. Jace's Phantasm – Blue, not direct mill but cares about milling for its stats.
5. Diligent Excavator – The original you asked for.


Reason: There are very few blue creatures that mill based on casting spells, especially historic ones. Most mill creatures in blue use different triggers (lands, creatures, etc). Diligent Excavator is unique for historic.

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Diligent Excavator

Jace's Phantasm

Sage's Row Denizen

Diligent Excavator #51 Creature — Human Artificer

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Info

Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Artificer
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    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
    Manapool / 0.36 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR / 0.35 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.25 USD / 0.32 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 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 Phantasm #3 Creature — Illusion

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Illusion
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If Jace's Phantasm is dealt lethal damage at the same time as an opponent's creature, and that creature will become that opponent's tenth card in their graveyard, Jace's Phantasm will be destroyed before it gets +4/+4. This is because all creatures that have been dealt lethal damage are destroyed at the same time.
  • In a multiplayer game, a single opponent must have ten or more cards in their graveyard for the bonus to apply, although this opponent may change over the course of the game. You don't have to pick a single opponent; the ability will monitor each opponent's graveyard.
  • The last ability of Jace's Phantasm constantly monitors each opponent's graveyard to see if the bonus applies. If the stated condition becomes no longer true, the bonus immediately stops applying.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.28 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.18 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying This creature gets +4/+4 as long as an opponent has ten or more cards in their graveyard.

    Sage's Row Denizen #46 Creature — Vedalken Wizard

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vedalken
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.25 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.31 EUR 0.05 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.09 USD / 0.35 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.