Tocasia's Dig Site
Land
: Add 
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, : Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #5845
Tocasia's Dig Site turns surplus mana into card selection every turn — tap three, surveil 2, keep the engine running. The cost is that it enters tapped and competes with lands that produce colored mana, so it belongs in decks that can absorb both constraints; Mirko, Obsessive Theorist decks want it badly enough that roughly two-thirds of them run it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist mills opponents and rewards stacking the graveyard, so the repeatable surveil 2 from Tocasia's Dig Site does double duty — sculpting your hand while fueling the mill-matters engine every single turn cycle.
The Capitoline Triad
The Capitoline Triad cares about creature types hitting the graveyard and recurring value from the bin, and Tocasia's Dig Site provides the consistent surveil needed to sort threats from fodder and set up exactly the top-deck or graveyard entry The Capitoline Triad wants to see.
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, Tocasia's Dig Site is a legitimate inclusion in any two-or-more-color deck that runs a surveil or graveyard theme — the activation cost is real, but slower formats with 40-life games give you the turns to cash in repeatedly. Outside Commander, it sees only fringe play: Pioneer and Modern have better colorless utility lands at the three-mana activation threshold, and pauper-legal doesn't automatically mean pauper-played when the format rewards speed over slow card selection. Legacy and Vintage simply have no interest — their land slots are far too precious. Tocasia's Dig Site is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Tocasia's Dig Site is firmly bulk — it's an easy include that costs nothing to try. Bulk utility lands at this price point don't spike unless a new commander breaks the mechanic wide open, so treat it as a permanent $0.25 pickup rather than anything to track.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
- The Capitoline Triad
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.