Engineered Explosives
Artifact
MPSKaladesh Inventions#36special
- Finishes
- Foil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 3477
- Illustrator
- James Paick
- Found in
- Aether Revolt Booster Pack
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.)
, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.
, 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
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$99.12
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Since Feb 2024:H $99.12L $53.96$90.00
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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
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.