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"Find me cards equivalent to: Lightning-Core Excavator"

Equivalent cards to Lightning-Core Excavator (colorless, artifact creature, deals direct damage) are rare, but here are some close fits:

  • Triskelion — Can remove counters to deal 1 damage each, colorless artifact creature.
  • Walking Ballista — Spend mana to add counters, remove to deal 1 damage each.
  • Pentavus (less direct but can create tokens with sacrifice/damage potential).
  • Lightning-Core Excavator — The card you searched.


Reason: True direct-damage-from-artifact-creature effects are unusual in colorless. Only a few similar artifact creatures exist, most with a slightly different functionality.

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Lightning-Core Excavator

Pentavus

Triskelion

Walking Ballista

Lightning-Core Excavator #32 Artifact Creature — Golem

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 1
Power/Toughness: 0/3
Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Golem
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.05 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR

    Legalities

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    Text

    , ,Sacrificethis creature: It deals 3 damage to any target.

    Pentavus #209 Artifact Creature — Construct

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Construct
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Pentavite

    Rules

  • You can remove any +1/+1 counter on Pentavus to activate its first activated ability, not just ones created by Pentavus’s other abilities.
  • You can sacrifice any Pentavite creature you control (such as an Adaptive Automaton with Pentavite as its chosen type) to activate Pentavus’s second activated ability, not just ones created by Pentavus’s other abilities.

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    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.24 USD
    Manapool 0.25 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    This creature enters with five +1/+1 counters on it. , Remove a +1/+1counterfrom this creature: Create a 1/1 colorless Pentavite artifact creature token with flying. ,Sacrificea Pentavite: Put a +1/+1counteron this creature.

    Triskelion #2371 Artifact Creature — Construct

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Construct
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If Triskelion has damage marked on it, activating its ability may cause that damage to become lethal. For example, say a Triskelion with two +1/+1 counters on it has been dealt 2 damage earlier in the turn. If you activate its ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, it now has 2 toughness and is destroyed as a state-based action. You won’t be able to remove the other +1/+1 counter from it to activate its ability again. The first activation of the ability will still resolve.
  • If you activate the ability of an attacking or blocking Triskelion during the declare blockers step, it will deal less combat damage as a result. If you wait until the combat damage step, but Triskelion is dealt lethal damage, it’ll be destroyed before you get a chance to activate its ability.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. Remove a +1/+1counterfrom this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

    Walking Ballista #58 Artifact Creature — Construct

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 0
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Construct
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • A casting cost of {X}{X} means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay {6} to cast Walking Ballista.
  • If Walking Ballista has been dealt damage or had its toughness reduced by an effect, this limits how many times you'll be able to remove +1/+1 counters from it in a single turn. For example, if it has three +1/+1 counters on it and has been dealt 1 damage this turn, it will be destroyed immediately after you activate the ability a second time and you won't be able to activate it a third time.

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    Seller Price
    Manapool 27.62 USD
    Cardkingdom 34.99 USD
    Cardmarket 32.12 EUR / 25.52 EUR
    Tcgplayer 28.39 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. : Put a +1/+1counteron this creature. Remove a +1/+1counterfrom this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.