The Motherlode, Excavator

4 printings · from $0.28 to $2.38 · pictured: Fallout #389

$0.19

cheapest of 15 store offers · see all

market $0.90

Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}

Type: Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

Commonly played as: Removal, Land Removal

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.

Artist: Josu Solano

Released: 2024-03-08

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.90
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.93
  • Cardmarket: €0.63
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.78
  • MTGO tix: 0.33
$1.23$0.48
234 days of daily prices for The Motherlode, Excavator: $0.48 to $0.90
2026-01-252026-11-13
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $0.48 → $0.90 (+88%) · low $0.48 · high $1.23
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Fallout #389) in 6 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.19today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.24today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.54today
Card KingdomSP · todaySPregular$0.63today
Face To Face GamesNM · yesterdayNMregularCA$0.99yesterday
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.63today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.84today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.85today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.78today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$1.00today
401 GamesNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoilCA$1.50yesterday

Truncated: 4 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 15 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 36 lists
  • Played in 4 decks

Decks that play this card

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All printings

Set#RarityUSD
Fallout#389 · rare389rare$0.90
Fallout#590 · rare590rare$1.36 foil
Fallout#62 · rare62rare$0.28
Fallout#917 · rare917rare$2.38 foil