Excavation Explosion
The Brothers' War (BRO) #132 · Common · Sorcery
Mana cost: {2}{R}
Excavation Explosion deals 3 damage to any target. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
Urza's engineers could take weeks to dig out a powerstone. The goblins weren't so painstaking.
Illustrated by Campbell White · Released November 18, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.18 USD · €0.06 EUR
- Foil: $0.11 USD · €0.08 EUR
Nonfoil price since July 24, 2026: up $0.02 USD (12.5%) to $0.18 USD; low $0.16 USD, high $0.23 USD.
Printings
- The Brothers' War #132 (this printing) · Common · 2022 · $0.18 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2022-10-14 · wotc — Powerstone tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one has the artifact subtype "Powerstone" and the ability "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell."
- 2022-10-14 · wotc — Although all the cards in The Brothers' War that create Powerstone tokens create a tapped Powerstone token, entering the battlefield tapped isn't part of the token's definition. Notably, if you create a token that is a copy of a Powerstone token, the token copy won't enter the battlefield tapped.
- 2022-10-14 · wotc — You can use the {C} added by a Powerstone token on anything that isn't a nonartifact spell. This includes paying costs to activate abilities of both artifact and nonartifact permanents, paying ward costs, and so on.