Dig Through Time

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Dig Through Time: Instant, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Delve. Look at the top seven cards of your library. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{6}{U}{U}
Mana value
8
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
195
Artist
Ryan Yee
Commander rank
620 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Delve

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About Dig Through Time

Dig Through Time is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 195 in that set, with art by Ryan Yee. It costs {6}{U}{U} (six generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It is banned in Modern, Legacy and Duel Commander. It is restricted in Vintage. It has been printed in 15 sets, from Khans of Tarkir (2014) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)

Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-02).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dig Through Time by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernBanned
LegacyBanned
VintageRestricted
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderBanned
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dig Through Time

Dig Through Time has been printed in 15 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Zeta Set (SLZ) #137Uncommon2026
The Zeta Set (SLZ) #16Uncommon2026
The Zeta Set (SLZ) #258Uncommon2026
Marvel Universe (MAR) #54Mythic2026
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #263Rare2025
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #115Rare2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #95Rare2024
Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #88Rare2023
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #219Rare2022
Love Your LGS 2021 (PLG21) #2Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #119Rare2021
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #97Rare2020

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Dig Through Time, newest first.

  • Because delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
  • You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.
  • Delve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise's mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.

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