---
name: "Excavation Explosion"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "4bb75182-6dd4-42f7-9541-d484d0b57897"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excavation-explosion-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
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.")

> *Urzas Ingenieure brauchten oft Wochen, um Kraftsteine auszugraben. Die Goblins waren weniger zimperlich.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A-Excavation Explosion](/printing/a-excavation-explosion-bro.md) — Instant
2. [Fallaji Excavation](/printing/fallaji-excavation-bro.md) — Sorcery
3. [Erratic Explosion](/printing/erratic-explosion-pca.md) — Sorcery
4. [Stone Retrieval Unit](/printing/stone-retrieval-unit-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Explosive Entry](/printing/explosive-entry-neo.md) — Sorcery
6. [Detonate](/printing/detonate-mrd.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #132
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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