Mid Game: During the Lock Its at this point in the game where there are only a few things our opponents can do to interact with us
With gorgeous alternate art and written in The Black Speech (the likes of which I wont utter here), the card had one amazing feature there was only one copy of it made, and everyone had the chance to find it inside the sets Collector Boosters
Despite having a strong effect and good late-game energy production, the fact that the energy generation is a one-shot deal, combined with the lack of significant effects in red to return creatures to your hand or flicker them, means that The Motherlode, Excavator is a poor choice for the command zone , but a good choice for the main deck
Just 39 copies of the promo card were produced, featuring an illustration by artist and Pikachus original designer Atsuko Nishida
Although the Ninja is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example)