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Engineered Explosives 
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
, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.Format Legality
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
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Engineered Explosives
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (21)
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix - 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
$0.40
0.02 tix - 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (3)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (28)
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Cinder Glade$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Jetmir's Garden$16.08 0.17 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.06 0.15 tix
- 3 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 3 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle$10.05 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground$9.95 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Lands (18)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse$35.40 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.17 tix
- 2 Graven Cairns$1.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep$14.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse$35.40 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix - 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 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 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (17)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$1.96
0.37 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 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
- 4 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix - 1 Thragtusk
$0.26
0.02 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
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.66 0.33 tix
- 1 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.17 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.38 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.49
0.61 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 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
- 4 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Thragtusk
$0.26
0.02 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Lands (33)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Boros Garrison$0.17 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 2 Castle Garenbrig$6.97 0.02 tix
- 3 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Gruul Turf$0.21 0.01 tix
- 4 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
- 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
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.49
0.61 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 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 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Subtlety$15.50 8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
