Excavation Mole
Creature — Mole
Trample
When this creature enters, mill three cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25018
Excavation Mole is a two-mana 2/3 that mills three cards when it enters and can discard a land to give itself landwalk — solid self-mill payoff for decks that want cards in the graveyard fast. The body is fine, the ETB does real work, and the landwalk ability is gravy in the right matchup.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Excavation Mole slots cleanly into self-mill and graveyard-value decks that want cheap, repeatable ways to stock the bin — think reanimator shells or commanders that care about land counts in the graveyard. Pauper is its most competitive home, where a 2/3 with a relevant ETB and evasion upside clears the bar for graveyard-centric strategies at common. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by faster, more impactful mill and self-mill options, so Excavation Mole is unlikely to see play there outside of budget or casual builds. Legacy and Vintage have no interest.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Excavation Mole is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does exactly what it says. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but at this price point there's zero reason to hesitate on picking up copies for any graveyard deck that wants them.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.