Combos with Diligent Excavator

15 known combos in Commander — View Diligent Excavator

Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Phyrexian Metamorph trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Phantasmal Image trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Flesh Duplicate trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Clone trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Mirror Image trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Spark Double trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Omni-Changeling trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Win the game · Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite death triggers
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Chameleon trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Win the game · Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite death triggers
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Naga Fleshcrafter trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Mercurial Pretender trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Sakashima's Student trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite storm count · Win the game
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  1. Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying {0}.
  2. Diligent Excavator and Stunt Double trigger, causing you to mill four cards.
  3. The artifact creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Cast the artifact creature from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling any three cards from your graveyard, except Thassa's Oracle if it is in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat from step 2 until you have an empty library.
  6. If Thassa's Oracle is in your hand, cast it by paying {U}{U}.
  7. Otherwise, cast Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
  8. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
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