---
name: "Lightning-Core Excavator"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Golem"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "cdaf3711-5bec-41bf-b333-c5f34ccb12ef"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-core-excavator-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lightning-Core Excavator
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Golem
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/3

## Oracle Text
{5}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 3 damage to any target.

> *"That's the third time this month it's exploded on site. Maybe we should switch to something a little less defective."
—Kerrin, archaeologist*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Meteor Golem](/printing/meteor-golem-khc.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
2. [Legion Extruder](/printing/legion-extruder-big.md) — Artifact
3. [Blasting Station](/printing/blasting-station-5dn.md) — Artifact
4. [Explosive Apparatus](/printing/explosive-apparatus-m19.md) — Artifact
5. [Bosh, Iron Golem](/printing/bosh-iron-golem-c21.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Goblin Cannon](/printing/goblin-cannon-5dn.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #32
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu

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