Fallaji Excavation
Sorcery
Create three tapped Powerstone tokens. You gain 3 life. (The tokens are artifacts with "
: Add 
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24377
Fallaji Excavation lets you pay one generic mana to surveil 1 at any point you could cast an instant — repeatable, on-demand library manipulation stapled to your mana base. The cost is a land slot and entering tapped, which makes it a real trade-off, not a freeroll.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fallaji Excavation earns its land slot in any deck that wants consistent access to the top of its library — graveyard strategies, spellslingers, and commanders that care about specific card types all get mileage from the repeatable surveil. Outside Commander, the competition is fierce: Pioneer and Modern have untapped dual lands and cantrips that don't cost a land slot, so Fallaji Excavation rarely makes the cut in those formats. Legacy and Vintage are even less hospitable — the opportunity cost of a tapped land is prohibitive when the format moves at full speed from turn one.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Fallaji Excavation is bulk — easy to pick up in trade binders or throw into a cart without thinking about it. Bulk utility lands at this price point rarely spike, so grab it for any deck that wants it and don't hold.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.