---
name: "A-Excavation Explosion"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "A-132"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "dfe59362-7f14-4cb2-8dd8-2a7de7f7723f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/a-excavation-explosion-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# A-Excavation Explosion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Excavation Explosion deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Excavation Explosion](/printing/excavation-explosion-bro.md) — Sorcery
2. [Explosive Shot](/printing/explosive-shot-tle.md) — Sorcery
3. [Bombard](/printing/bombard-rix.md) — Instant
4. [Coalborn Entity](/printing/coalborn-entity-j22.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Fallaji Excavation](/printing/fallaji-excavation-bro.md) — Sorcery
6. [Stone Retrieval Unit](/printing/stone-retrieval-unit-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #A-132
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Campbell White

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`