Price$4.58 – $6.66

Engineered Explosives

Artifact

LegalRank #12,721

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.

KeywordsSunburst

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Printings (7)

mb2Mystery Booster 2 · #218R$4.58Buy

2xmDouble Masters · #252R$6.50Buy

pumaUltimate Box Topper · #U28M$14.49Buy

umaUltimate Masters · #227R$5.92Buy

mpsKaladesh Inventions · #36S$74.98Buy

mmaModern Masters · #204R$5.11Buy

5dnFifth Dawn · #118R$6.66Buy

Combos (5)

Cavalier of Dawn + Infinite Reflection + March of the Machines + Engineered Explosives
→ Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB
Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Jeskai Ascendancy + Barrage Ogre + Engineered Explosives
→ Infinite damage, Infinite looting, Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Jeskai Ascendancy + Embraal Gear-Smasher + Engineered Explosives
→ Infinite damage, Infinite looting, Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Jeskai Ascendancy + Orcish Vandal + Engineered Explosives
→ Infinite damage, Infinite looting, Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Jeskai Ascendancy + Orcish Mechanics + Engineered Explosives
→ Infinite damage, Infinite looting, Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn

Rulings (4)

2020-08-07
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.
2020-08-07
Colorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.
2020-08-07
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.
2020-08-07
If a permanent has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

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Rulings (4)

2020-08-07

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.

2020-08-07

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

2020-08-07

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.

2020-08-07

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