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Engineered Explosives

{X}

Artifact

MB2Mystery Booster 2#218rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
future
Illustrator
Ron Spears
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Sunburst (This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.) {2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.
Sunburst
Plays as:
Color MattersBoard WipeX Spell
Market · per finishtrend updated 6h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$2.80 low$0.30 gap
$16.15 low$4.15 gap
Cheapest playable copy$3.73· across 7 printings· you're viewing it

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$3.73-6.7%30D
30D range$3.70to$4.01Since Sep 2024:H $7.62L $1.09
Foil$16.12+0.4%30D4.32× nonfoil
30D range$15.97to$16.12Since Sep 2024:H $199.99L $15.08

Other printings

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Found in

1 productRounded odds
  • Mystery Booster 2 Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $14.58

    Nonfoil under 1%Foil under 1%

Combos

Rulings

4 · latest Aug 7, 2020
  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Colorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Tokens that aren't a copy of something else don't have a mana cost. Anything without a mana cost normally has a mana value of 0.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    You can choose any value for X as you cast Engineered Explosives. The value chosen for X doesn't directly affect the number of charge counters Engineered Explosives enters the battlefield with, but it does let you pay more mana and thus spend more colors of mana to cast it.