The Motherlode, Excavator
Fallout 917 • rare
- Set
- Fallout
- Collector number
- 917
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Josu Solano
- Finish
- Surge
What it does
When The Motherlode enters, choose target opponent. You get an amount of E symbol (energy counters) equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Whenever The Motherlode attacks, you may pay E symbol E symbol E symbol E symbol. When you do, destroy target nonbasic land defending player controls, and creatures that player controls without flying can't block this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Motherlode, Excavator was released as part of the Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond Fallout set in 2024. The card represents the iconic automated drilling machine featured in the Fallout series, specifically the questline involving the United States military's Excavator power armor and the deep-earth drilling operations in Appalachia.
The illustration was crafted to evoke the industrial, retro-futuristic aesthetic characteristic of the Fallout franchise. As a mechanical-themed card within the set, it functions to support artifact-heavy strategies, drawing inspiration from the game's focus on scavenging, resource management, and the remnants of pre-war technology.
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