Excava, the Risen Past
| Name | Excava, the Risen Past |
|---|---|
| Type | Legendary creature — spirit horse |
| Description | Flying, haste Whenever Excava attacks, return up to one target artifact, creature, or non-Aura enchantment card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. It's a 1/1 Spirit creature with flying in See more |
| Artist | Ilse Gort |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #2 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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About Excava, the Risen Past
Excava, the Risen Past, Legendary creature — spirit horse, designed by Ilse Gort first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven Commander.
Excava, the Risen Past fits best in aggressive or midrange Boros (R/W) decks that can reliably fill the graveyard with cheap permanents—especially artifacts, small utility creatures, or value enchantments—so it pairs well with self-mill, discard, sacrifice, or aggressive trading strategies; it’s particularly appealing in formats like Commander where recurring low-cost value pieces (e.g., Esper Sentinel, cheap mana rocks, Seal of Cleansing–style effects, or small ETB creatures) generates incremental advantage every attack. The card shines in synergy-driven builds (artifact recursion, aristocrats, or go-wide shells that don’t mind the 1/1 body), but it’s likely too slow or fragile for highly competitive formats unless built around carefully, since a 3-mana 2-color creature that must attack to generate value competes with stronger options like Seasoned Pyromancer (immediate value), Fable of the Mirror-Breaker (long-term engine), or Lurrus of the Dream-Den (more flexible recursion, where l
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What type of card is Excava, the Risen Past?
Excava, the Risen Past is a Legendary creature — spirit horse card in Marvel Snap SNAP.
What does Excava, the Risen Past do?
Flying, haste Whenever Excava attacks, return up to one target artifact, creature, or non-Aura enchantment card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. It's a 1/1 Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
What set is Excava, the Risen Past from?
Excava, the Risen Past was first released in the set Secrets of Strixhaven Commander, illustrated by Ilse Gort.
Is Excava, the Risen Past legal to play?
Legality depends on the tournament format -- Excava, the Risen Past can be legal in some formats and banned or restricted in others. See the full breakdown per format in the Legality section above.
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