Excavation Explosion

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Sorcery

Excavation Explosion deals 3 damage to any target. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "Magic the Gathering symbol: Add Magic the Gathering symbol. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Urza's engineers could take weeks to dig out a powerstone. The goblins weren't so painstaking.

qCampbell White
standard
Legal
alchemy
Not Legal
pioneer
Legal
explorer
Legal
modern
Legal
historic
Not Legal
standard brawl
Legal
historic brawl
Not Legal
timeless
Legal

Rulings

Powerstone tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one has the artifact subtype "Powerstone" and the ability "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell."
(wotc2022-10-14)
Although all the cards in The Brothers' War that create Powerstone tokens create a tapped Powerstone token, entering the battlefield tapped isn't part of the token's definition. Notably, if you create a token that is a copy of a Powerstone token, the token copy won't enter the battlefield tapped.
(wotc2022-10-14)
You can use the {C} added by a Powerstone token on anything that isn't a nonartifact spell. This includes paying costs to activate abilities of both artifact and nonartifact permanents, paying ward costs, and so on.
(wotc2022-10-14)
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