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Meticulous Excavation
ENCHANTMENT Uncommon
The Brothers' War EDHREC #13,800
$0.20
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7 days
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Meticulous Excavation Price Summary
Meticulous Excavation's current headline price is $0.20.
Meticulous Excavation Printings & Prices
1 printings
Meticulous Excavation has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
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Sell Meticulous Excavation: Buylist Offers
2 offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Retail | Spread |
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| Card Kingdom | BRO #16 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | BRO #16 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
Meticulous Excavation Rules Text & Legality
View on Scryfall ↗{2}{W}: Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand. If it has unearth, instead exile it, then return that card to its owner's hand. Activate only during your turn.
""Remember, students, if it's glowing, humming, or whirring, don't touch it!""
Meticulous Excavation is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.
standard
Not legal
pioneer
Legal
modern
Legal
legacy
Legal
commander
Legal
pauper
Not legal
Meticulous Excavation Rulings
5 most recent
- Oct 14, 2022 Activating a card's unearth ability isn't the same as casting that card. The unearth ability is put on the stack, but the card is not. Spells and abilities that interact with activated abilities (such as Defabricate's second mode) will interact with unearth, but spells and abilities that interact with spells (such as Scatter Ray) will not.
- Oct 14, 2022 At the beginning of the next end step, a permanent returned to the battlefield with unearth is exiled. This is a delayed triggered ability, and it can be countered by effects such as Defabricate that counter triggered abilities. If the ability is countered, the permanent will stay on the battlefield and the delayed triggered ability won't trigger again. However, the replacement effect will still exile the permanent if it eventually leaves the battlefield.
- Oct 14, 2022 If a permanent returned to the battlefield with unearth would leave the battlefield for any reason, it's exiled instead—unless the spell or ability that's causing the permanent to leave the battlefield is actually trying to exile it! In that case, it succeeds at exiling it. If that spell or ability later returns the card to the battlefield (as Static Net might, for example), the permanent card will return to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The unearth effects will no longer apply to it.
- Oct 14, 2022 If the target permanent has unearth and was put onto the battlefield using its unearth ability, this effect can still exile it and return it to its owner's hand.
- Oct 14, 2022 If you activate a card's unearth ability but that card is removed from your graveyard before the ability resolves, that unearth ability will do nothing as it resolves.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
2 printings
Meticulous Excavation has been reprinted 2 times.
| Set | Date | Rarity | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRO #16 | 2022-11-18 | Uncommon | Standard |
| BRO #16 | 2022-11-18 | Uncommon | Standard |
Meticulous Excavation in Commander
Meticulous Excavation is the #13,800 most-played card on EDHREC, down 318 places over the last 30 days.
Meticulous Excavation FAQ
How much is Meticulous Excavation worth?
Meticulous Excavation is worth about $0.20 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 24, 2026.
Is Meticulous Excavation legal in Commander?
Yes — Meticulous Excavation is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.
Has Meticulous Excavation been reprinted?
Yes — Meticulous Excavation has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Meticulous Excavation cheap?
Meticulous Excavation trades at about $0.20 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#13,800 on EDHREC).