When The Motherlode enters, choose target opponent. You get an amount of
(
energy countersA counter on a player that remains until spent or removed. (CR 122.1b)) equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Whenever The Motherlode attacks, you may pay
. When you do,
destroyThe only ways a permanent can be destroyed are as a result of an effect that uses the word “destroy” or as a result of the state-based actions that check for lethal damage (see rule 704.5g) or damage from a source with deathtouch (see rule 704.5h). If a permanent is put into its owner’s graveyard for any other reason, it hasn’t been “destroyed.”
A regeneration effect replaces a destruction event. See rule 701.19, “Regenerate.” (CR 701.8) target nonbasic land defending player controls, and creatures that player controls without
flyingFlying is an evasion ability.
A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying. (See rule 509, “Declare Blockers Step,” and rule 702.17, “Reach.”)
Multiple instances of flying on the same creature are redundant. (CR 702.9) can't block this turn.