The Motherlode, Excavator
PIPFallout/#62/2024Rare
Colour IDMV 5
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.49
Cardmarket€0.28
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.28
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.03
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.51 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.49High $0.49Low $0.49▲ 0.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.28TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▼ 6.7%30d▼ 9.7%90d▼ 15.2%
90d high
$0.36
90d low
$0.28
Paper printings priced
4
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$0.28
Fallout
- Down 9.7% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 22% below its 90 day high of $0.36.
- This is the cheapest paper printing of the card currently priced (4 priced in total).
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 139% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
When The Motherlode enters, choose target opponent. You get an amount of (energy counters) equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Whenever The Motherlode attacks, you may pay . When you do, destroy target nonbasic land defending player controls, and creatures that player controls without flying can't block this turn.
5 / 5
Card capabilities
ArtifactCreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
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Rulings (13)
wotc8 Mar 2024
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.
wotc8 Mar 2024
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.)
wotc8 Mar 2024
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.
wotc8 Mar 2024
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
wotc8 Mar 2024
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.
wotc8 Mar 2024
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.
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About this card
The Motherlode, Excavator
The Motherlode, Excavator is a Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot, with mana cost {3}{R}{R} (mana value 5). Printed 4 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: not_legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.28 (down 9.7% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
The Motherlode, Excavator FAQ
How much is The Motherlode, Excavator worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for The Motherlode, Excavator is $0.28. It is down 9.7% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.28 to $0.36.
What is the cheapest printing of The Motherlode, Excavator?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Fallout at $0.28 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of The Motherlode, Excavator?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Fallout at $2.38 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of The Motherlode, Excavator are there?
The Motherlode, Excavator has been printed 4 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was The Motherlode, Excavator first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from PIP #62, released 2024-03-08.
Is there a foil version of The Motherlode, Excavator?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $0.67 versus $0.28 for nonfoil, which is 139% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is The Motherlode, Excavator legal in Commander?
Yes, The Motherlode, Excavator is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is The Motherlode, Excavator legal in Modern?
The Motherlode, Excavator is not currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.