Excavate (めくる Mekuru, lit. "flip" or "turn over") is a game term introduced in War of the Giants: Round 2 and featured prominently on "Sylvan" monsters in Legacy of the Valiant. When a card says to "excavate" cards from your Deck, you reveal those cards to both players. Cards that are being excavated are still treated as being in the Deck until sent elsewhere by the card instructions. "Excavate" and "reveal" are not always the same thing. Some cards will "reveal" cards but not "excavate" them. Unless a card specifically refers to "excavating", then it doesn’t excavate.