Engineered Explosives
Artifact
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.Illustrated by Ron Spears · Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
Legalities
- Standard
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
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Star Trek
#480
rare
2026-11-13
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Star Trek
#264
rare
2026-11-13
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Mystery Booster 2
#218
rare
2024-08-02
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Double Masters
#252
rare
2020-08-07
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Ultimate Masters
#227
rare
2018-12-07
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Ultimate Box Topper
#U28
mythic
2018-12-07
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Kaladesh Inventions
#36
special
2016-09-30
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Modern Masters
#204
rare
2013-06-07
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Fifth Dawn
#118
rare
2004-06-04
Rulings
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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.
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Colorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.
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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.
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If a permanent has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch 100.0% of lists
Modern
- Affinity 100.0% of lists
- Song of Creation 100.0% of lists
Standard
- Other 2.9% of lists
- Dimir Reanimator 1.0% of lists