Engineered Explosives (5DN #118)
Engineered Explosives is a rare printing from Fifth Dawn (5DN #118), a Artifact. Illustrated by Ron Spears.
Card text
Sunburst (This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)
{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.
Details
| Mana cost | {X} |
|---|---|
| Type | Artifact |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Fifth Dawn (5DN) |
| Collector number | 118 |
| Artist | Ron Spears |
| Released | 2004-06-04 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $9.22, foil $82.44 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Not legal |
| Timeless | Not legal |
| Gladiator | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Not legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Not legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- August 7, 2020 — 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.
- August 7, 2020 — Colorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.
- August 7, 2020 — 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.
- August 7, 2020 — If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.