Engineered Explosives
~$3.73 low · ~$107.36 high
Colorless. Artifact
Mystery Booster 2 #218 · Illustrated by Ron Spears
Mystery Booster 2 #218 · Illustrated by Ron SpearsWhat is Engineered Explosives worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
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.
Format legality
All 7 printings of Engineered Explosives
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mystery Booster 2 mb2 #218· 2024rare· Cardmarket €3.44 · €21.29 foil | rare | $3.73 | $16.12 | €3.44€21.29 foil |
 Double Masters 2xm #252· 2020rare· Cardmarket €3.73 · €8.54 foil | rare | $4.85 | $5.55 | €3.73€8.54 foil |
 Ultimate Box Topper puma #U28· 2018Extended Artmythic· Cardmarket €13.89 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $16.00 | €13.89 foil |
 Ultimate Masters uma #227· 2018rare· Cardmarket €4.01 · €8.31 foil | rare | $5.75 | $6.34 | €4.01€8.31 foil |
 Kaladesh Inventions mps #36· 2016special· Cardmarket €60.23 foil | special | No non-foil printing | $107.36 | €60.23 foil |
 Modern Masters mma #204· 2013rare· Cardmarket €3.79 · €11.60 foil | rare | $6.88 | $10.26 | €3.79€11.60 foil |
 Fifth Dawn 5dn #118· 2004rare· Cardmarket €4.61 · €47.53 foil | rare | $9.25 | $82.44 | €4.61€47.53 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2004
- Printings
- 7
- Mana value
- 0
- EDHREC rank
- #12,891 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Sunburst
- Artists
- Ron Spears, Lars Grant-West, James Paick
Rulings (4)
2020-08-07
If a permanent has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.2020-08-07
Colorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.
2020-08-07
You can choose any value for X as you cast Engineered Explosives. The value chosen for X doesn't directly affect the number of charge counters Engineered Explosives enters the battlefield with, but it does let you pay more mana and thus spend more colors of mana to cast it.
2020-08-07
Tokens that aren't a copy of something else don't have a mana cost. Anything without a mana cost normally has a mana value of 0.
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