The Motherlode, Excavator PIP

Other printings of "The Motherlode, Excavator": PIP #62 PIP #389 PIP #590 PIP #917

Card

id	68243
artist	Josu Solano
artistIds	fb7b61a8-13c5-4813-a749-9d3396801906
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	R
colorIndicator
colors	R
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	6942
edhrecSaltiness	0.41
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil, foil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects	legendary, extendedart
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	1
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills	{'brawl': False, 'commander': True, 'oathbreaker': False}
life
loyalty
manaCost	{3}{R}{R}
manaValue	5
name	The Motherlode, Excavator
number	389
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	When The Motherlode, Excavator enters the battlefield, choose target opponent. You get an amount of {E} equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls. Whenever The Motherlode attacks, you may pay {EEEE}. When you do, destroy target nonbasic land defending player controls, and creatures that player controls without flying can't block this turn.
otherFaceIds
power	5
printings	PIP
promoTypes
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	triangle
setCode	PIP
side
signature
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subsets
subtypes	Robot
supertypes	Legendary
text	When The Motherlode enters, choose target opponent. You get an amount of {E} (energy counters) equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls. Whenever The Motherlode attacks, you may pay {E}{E}{E}{E}. When you do, destroy target nonbasic land defending player controls, and creatures that player controls without flying can't block this turn.
toughness	5
type	Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
types	Artifact, Creature
uuid	22177724-f146-5371-bed0-28fa6fa7cfae
variations	89b4b639-3401-5a97-beea-6680efcf1123, ffc452a6-182e-543c-a188-9ff947a7f725, 73c13388-ce92-5266-836f-f929383b6712
watermark
setName	Fallout

Identifiers

id	68243
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cardKingdomId	292908
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deckboxId	89105
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mtgoFoilId
mtgoId	131773
multiverseId	654434
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tcgplayerProductId	541428
uuid	22177724-f146-5371-bed0-28fa6fa7cfae

Legalities

id	68243
alchemy
brawl
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator
historic
legacy	Legal
modern
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	22177724-f146-5371-bed0-28fa6fa7cfae
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

id	68243
cardKingdom	https://mtgjson.com/links/052483493ef7ffb5
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil	https://mtgjson.com/links/560e786b5050c5d9
cardmarket
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/50ed8b323058e25f
tcgplayerEtched
uuid	22177724-f146-5371-bed0-28fa6fa7cfae

Foreign Data (per language)

language	name	faceName	flavorText	type	text	multiverseId
Chinese Simplified	挖掘机器人主矿脉			传奇神器生物 — 机器人	当挖掘机器人主矿脉进战场时，选择目标对手。你得到若干E，其数量等同于由该牌手操控的非基本地数量。每当主矿脉攻击时，你可以支付{E}{E}{E}{E}。当你如此作时，消灭目标由防御牌手操控的非基本地，且由该牌手操控且不具飞行异能的生物本回合不能进行阻挡。	654604
Japanese	掘削機、マザーロード			伝説のアーティファクト・クリーチャー — ロボット	掘削機、マザーロードが戦場に出たとき、対戦相手１人を対象とする。あなたはそのプレイヤーがコントロールしていて基本でない土地の数に等しい個数の{E}を得る。これが攻撃するたび、{E}{E}{E}{E}を支払ってもよい。そうしたとき、防御プレイヤーがコントロールしていて基本でない土地１つを対象とする。それを破壊する。このターン、そのプレイヤーがコントロールしていて飛行を持たないクリーチャーではブロックできない。	654519

Rulings

date	text
2024-03-08	Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
2024-03-08	Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
2024-03-08	If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
2024-03-08	If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
2024-03-08	If the target nonbasic land is an illegal target as The Motherlode's reflexive triggered ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects happen. Creatures defending player controls without flying will still be able to block this turn.
2024-03-08	Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing them down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
2024-03-08	Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.
2024-03-08	Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
2024-03-08	Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
2024-03-08	The Motherlode's reflexive triggered ability prevents all creatures without flying that player controls from blocking that turn, including creatures that lose flying after the ability resolves as well as creatures without flying that enter the battlefield or come under that player's control later in the turn.
2024-03-08	Use the number of nonbasic lands the target opponent controls when The Motherlode's first ability resolves to determine the number of energy counters you get.
2024-03-08	You don't choose a target nonbasic land at the time The Motherlode's last ability triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you pay {E}{E}{E}{E} this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.
2024-03-08	{E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.