Meticulous Excavation
Enchantment · 
Meticulous Excavation is part of 178 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Ugin's Nexus and Toph, the First Metalbender.
Meticulous Excavation
Enchantment
: Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand. If it has unearth, instead exile it, then return that card to its owner's hand. Activate only during your turn.
- Mana value
- 1
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Meticulous Excavation in its 100 most popular combos.
Roles in combos
What Meticulous Excavation provides to the combos it is part of.
- Card with "Pay Mana: Return a permanent from BF to hand"
Combos with Meticulous Excavation
178 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: G, W
Cards in combo:
Meticulous Excavation
Sanctum Weaver
+ Haste Enabler
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W
Cards in combo:
The One Ring
Meticulous Excavation
Results in combo:
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you
You have protection from everything
Color Identity: W
Cards in combo:
Candelabra of Tawnos
Meticulous Excavation
Serra's Sanctum
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite storm count
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite white mana
Infinite untap of lands you control
Color Identity: G, W
Cards in combo:
Meticulous Excavation
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
+ Haste Enabler
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Sami, Wildcat Captain
Meticulous Excavation
Chromatic Orrery
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite storm count
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Ugin's Nexus
Meticulous Excavation
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Sami, Wildcat Captain
Meticulous Excavation
Gilded Lotus
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W
Cards in combo:
Candelabra of Tawnos
Meticulous Excavation
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite storm count
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite untap of lands you control
Color Identity: R, W, B
Cards in combo:
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Meticulous Excavation
Crime Novelist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite colored mana
Near-infinite Treasure tokens
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Color Identity: R, W, B
Cards in combo:
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Meticulous Excavation
Kaya, Geist Hunter
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite colored mana
Near-infinite Treasure tokens
Color Identity: G, W
Cards in combo:
Farmer Cotton
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
Academy Manufactor
Meticulous Excavation
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifegain
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite Treasure tokens
Infinite Clue tokens
Infinite Food tokens
Color Identity: U, R, W
Cards in combo:
Zinnia, Valley's Voice
Meticulous Excavation
Peregrine Drake
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite power for any creature
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Peregrine Drake
Meticulous Excavation
Panharmonicon
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite storm count
Infinite untap of lands you control
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Soulbright Flamekin
Meticulous Excavation
Prismite
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Soulbright Flamekin
Meticulous Excavation
Gemstone Array
Results in combo:
Infinite charge counters on a permanent
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: R, W, B
Cards in combo:
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Meticulous Excavation
Goldspan Dragon
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite colored mana
Near-infinite Treasure tokens
Color Identity: R, G, W
Cards in combo:
Toph, the First Metalbender
Ugin's Nexus
Zuran Orb
Meticulous Excavation
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R, W
Cards in combo:
Zinnia, Valley's Voice
Timestream Navigator
Meticulous Excavation
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Peregrine Drake
Meticulous Excavation
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite storm count
Infinite untap of lands you control
Color Identity: R, W, B
Cards in combo:
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Meticulous Excavation
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite colored mana
Near-infinite Treasure tokens
