Ancient Excavation
Commander 2016 — Uncommon
Instant
Sets Ancient Excavation has been printed in:

Commander 2016 — Uncommon
Instant
Sets Ancient Excavation has been printed in:

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Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga (5/5)
Ward
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card.
: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand.
The Great Synthesis
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size for as long as you control The Great Synthesis.
II — Return all non-Phyrexian creatures to their owners' hands.
III — You may cast any number of spells from your hand without paying their mana costs. Exile The Great Synthesis, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).
Sorcery // Land
Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand plus one. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Sea Gate, Reborn
As Sea Gate, Reborn enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
: Add .
Legendary Planeswalker — Will Rowan
+1: Draw a card, then discard a card.
+1: Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike and trample until end of turn.
-8: Draw four cards. When you do, The Royal Scions deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Creature — Human Soldier (0/5)
Minas Tirith Garrison's power is equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever Minas Tirith Garrison attacks, you may tap any number of untapped Humans you control. Draw a card for each Human tapped this way.
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Shaman (0/0)
Tishana, Voice of Thunder's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
You have no maximum hand size.
When Tishana enters, draw a card for each creature you control.
Enchantment
When Communal Brewing enters, any number of target opponents each draw a card. Put an ingredient counter on Communal Brewing, then put an ingredient counter on it for each card drawn this way.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, that creature enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of ingredient counters on Communal Brewing.
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