Garrison Excavator is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 red and white Spirit creature token.
How it works : Garrison Excavator
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If multiple cards leave your graveyard at the same time, Garrison Excavator's last ability will trigger only once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Phyrexian Altar + Reassembling Skeleton + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton, adding
. - 2Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying
, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 3Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#2
Tortured Existence + Phyrexian Altar + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 2Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding .
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Nether Traitor, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing another creature, adding .
- 3When the creature dies, Nether Traitor triggers, causing you to pay to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 5Repeat.
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#4
Phyrexian Altar + Bloodsoaked Champion + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Bloodsoaked Champion, adding .
- 2Activate Bloodsoaked Champion by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#5
Tortured Existence + Pitiless Plunderer + Goblin Bombardment + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 2Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the creature token.
- 4When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 6Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Repeat.
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#6
Tortured Existence + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 2Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 4When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 6Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Repeat.
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#7
Phyrexian Altar + Cult Conscript + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cult Conscript, adding .
- 2Activate Cult Conscript by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#8
Tortured Existence + Pitiless Plunderer + Altar of Dementia + Garrison Excavator
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite mill
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 2Garrison Excavator triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the creature token.
- 4When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- 6Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemyduel
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