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Engineered Explosives 
Artifact
Engineered Explosives appeared in 806 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.1 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $4.67.
Oracle Text
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.Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Engineered Explosives, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 64 | 2.8 | 519 | 2.6 |
| Legacy | 14 | 1.3 | 275 | 1.3 |
| Vintage | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 0
- Collector #
- 218
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Engineered Explosives
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (14)
Lands (20)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.66 0.33 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.19
2.89 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix - 1 Hidetsugu Consumes All
$0.58
0.18 tix
- 2 Necromentia
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.65 0.11 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Hushbringer
$0.51
0.02 tix - 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 3 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.04 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soulless Jailer
$1.27
0.46 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix - 1 The Stone Brain
$0.46
1.22 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.96 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.46
1.22 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.38 0.03 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground$9.95 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.04 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Blood Artist
$2.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
$0.19
0.03 tix - 3 Wall of Roots
$0.21
3.77 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix
- 4 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
$27.57
2.01 tix
- 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Gilded Goose
$0.30
0.06 tix
- 4 Ignoble Hierarch
$0.95
0.09 tix
- 4 Young Wolf
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Strangleroot Geist
$0.14
0.03 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (21)
- 2 Blooming Marsh$2.00 0.06 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.04 tix
- 1 Necromentia
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$79.45
6.42 tix
- 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
$4.97
0.03 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Minor Misstep
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Spatial Contortion
$0.18
0.03 tix - 1 Spatial Contortion$0.18 0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.46
1.22 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 2 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.71
3.11 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Helm of Obedience
$26.97
12.17 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sarevok's Tome
$2.94
4.04 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.46
1.22 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Lands (33)
- 1 Boros Garrison$0.17 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Castle Garenbrig$6.97 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Crumbling Vestige$0.18 0.03 tix
- 4 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Gruul Turf$0.21 0.01 tix
- 3 Selesnya Sanctuary$0.23 0.01 tix
- 4 Simic Growth Chamber$0.24 0.01 tix
- 1 Slayers' Stronghold$0.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 The Mycosynth Gardens$0.36 0.26 tix
- 2 Tolaria West$0.43 0.45 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle$10.05 0.02 tix
- 1 Vesuva$2.29 0.02 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.49
0.61 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 3 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Minor Misstep
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
2
Final: 2 |
