When The Motherlode enters, choose target opponent. You get an amount of (energy counters) equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Whenever The Motherlode attacks, you may pay . When you do, destroy target nonbasic land defending player controls, and creatures that player controls without flying can't block this turn.
Drop The Motherlode and swing in as a 5-mana evasive beater that strips opponents of their best nonbasic lands while their team can't block. You generate energy off enemy nonbasic counts, then dump four energy per combat to blow up a land and push damage through, slowly choking ramp/utility-land decks out of the game.
Repeatable, mana-free nonbasic land destruction that punishes greedy manabases and utility-land piles
Built-in evasion enabler (non-flyers can't block) makes it a credible Voltron threat
Cheap to cast for its impact and refunds itself as an artifact with token/treasure synergies
Mono-red keeps the manabase consistent and lets you lean on red's strong artifact/aggro support
Energy income is matchup-dependent—decks running mostly basics give you nothing on ETB
Single-target land destruction is too slow to stop combo or go-wide token decks alone
Mono-red lacks card advantage and removal flexibility, so a single board wipe sets you way back
Needs energy fuel beyond the commander, and red's energy pool is thin
Ramps you while attacking, fueling more big swings and keeping pace despite mono-red's mana ceiling.
Lean harder into energy generators (Voltaic Servant, Whirler Virtuoso effects, Aether Hub, Inkmoth Nexus) so you can fire the destroy trigger every turn, and add equipment like Embercleave, Sword of Feast and Famine, and Hexproof/protection (Robe of Stars, Lightning Greaves) to make it a reliable Voltron threat. Round out with red artifact ramp (Mana Crypt, Treasure makers) and a couple of mass nonbasic-hate pieces like Armageddon-adjacent effects only if your group tolerates them; otherwise prioritize card draw such as Wheel effects to offset mono-red's grind.
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
(energy counters) equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.