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Engineered Explosives

mpsKaladesh Inventions#36special
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Card details
Artist
James Paick
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Artifact

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.

Abilities
Sunburst
Activated{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.
Plays as
Color MattersX Spell
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
James Paick
Rulings
  • 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.