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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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
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
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 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 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 1 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 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 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 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (21)
- 3 Concealed Courtyard$1.00 0.02 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 tix
- 2 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Kaito Shizuki
$1.13
0.02 tix - 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaito Shizuki
$1.13
0.02 tix
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (21)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 3 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 2 Warping Wail
$0.41
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (4)
Lands (32)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Castle Garenbrig$6.97 0.02 tix
- 3 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Golgari Rot Farm$0.26 0.01 tix
- 1 Golgari Rot Farm$0.26 0.01 tix
- 2 Gruul Turf$0.21 0.01 tix
- 1 Hanweir Battlements$1.86 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Radiant Fountain$0.31 0.03 tix
- 4 Simic Growth Chamber$0.24 0.01 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
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.30
8.88 tix - 2 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix - 1 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hydroid Krasis
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 World Breaker
$0.31
0.31 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (13)
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
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
$14.15
0.22 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 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
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Damnation
$15.33
0.09 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
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
- 1 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
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (22)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.45 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Ruination
$0.65
4.54 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 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 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix