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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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
- 1 Prismari Command
$0.29
0.06 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (12)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
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 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
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse$0.36 0.35 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 3 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.17 tix
- 1 Graven Cairns$1.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep$14.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse$35.40 0.02 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 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.02 tix - 2 Hidetsugu Consumes All
$0.58
0.18 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 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
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix - 2 Foundation Breaker
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
$2.36
0.02 tix - 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
$41.74
0.02 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 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 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 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
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 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 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 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Culling Ritual
$0.42
0.36 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
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 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
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
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
- 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
- 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
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (24)
- 4 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 4 Urza's Bauble
$5.38
12.99 tix
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.49
0.61 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Greaves
$3.69
0.02 tix
- 4 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (28)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 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
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Horn of Valhalla— —
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Pestilent Cauldron
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (23)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (17)
Lands (30)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 3.13 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (30)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 3.13 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (31)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.06 0.15 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.30
8.88 tix - 1 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.88
0.02 tix - 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 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
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Temur Battle Rage
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
