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Engineered Explosives 
Artifact
Engineered Explosives appeared in 802 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 | 62 | 2.8 | 517 | 2.6 |
| Legacy | 12 | 1.3 | 273 | 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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (29)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 1 Tranquil Thicket$0.09 0.03 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix - 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.36
8.82 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 4 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix - 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.50 1.27 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$36.02 13.39 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 2 Torpor Orb
$3.89
0.40 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.71 0.02 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 3 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Torpor Orb
$3.89
0.40 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (29)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 1 Tranquil Thicket$0.09 0.03 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blossoming Calm$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.36
8.82 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.32
0.09 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.50
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.50
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.50
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
- 3 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 2 Copperline Gorge$0.57 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 2 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.54 1.91 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$36.02 13.39 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blossoming Calm
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Elixir of Immortality
$0.50
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.06 tix
- 2 Hushbringer
$0.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.32
0.46 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.50
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 2 Torpor Orb
$3.89
0.40 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.29
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (29)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Sheltered Thicket$0.21 0.02 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (19)
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.06
0.61 tix
- 3 Springleaf Drum
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Sword of the Meek
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Nettlecyst
$2.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaldra Compleat
$8.02
0.07 tix - 4 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Thopter Foundry
$0.15
0.02 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (29)
- 4 Darksteel Citadel$0.99 0.01 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 1 Hengegate Pathway$4.54 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Razortide Bridge$0.23 0.03 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 4 Seachrome Coast$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$36.02 13.39 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.71 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$5.01 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.03 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Baleful Mastery
$2.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.52
0.06 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Search for Azcanta
$1.72
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (4)
Lands (32)
- 1 Boros Garrison$0.17 0.01 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 2 Castle Garenbrig$7.01 0.02 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$51.61 0.53 tix
- 1 Crumbling Vestige$0.18 0.03 tix
- 4 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Gruul Turf$0.22 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Radiant Fountain$0.32 0.03 tix
- 2 Selesnya Sanctuary$0.23 0.01 tix
- 4 Simic Growth Chamber$0.24 0.01 tix
- 1 Slayers' Stronghold$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion$0.32 0.03 tix
- 2 Tolaria West$0.44 0.45 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$36.02 13.39 tix
- 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle$9.91 0.02 tix
- 1 Vesuva$2.38 0.02 tix
