Engineered Explosives
Reprinted in Star Trek (TRK), releasing November 13, 2026.
Engineered Explosives: Artifact, Double Masters. Sunburst 2, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Double Masters (2XM)
- Released
- 2020-08-07
- Collector number
- 252
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Keywords
- Sunburst
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About Engineered Explosives
Engineered Explosives is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Double Masters (2XM), a Masters set released in August 2020. It is collector number 252 in that set, with art by Lars Grant-West. It costs {X} (X mana) to cast, for a mana value of 0. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Fifth Dawn (2004) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.90 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.90 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Engineered Explosives by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Engineered Explosives
Engineered Explosives has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Star Trek (TRK) #264 | Rare | 2026 |
| Star Trek (TRK) #480 | Rare | 2026 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #218 | Rare | 2024 |
| Ultimate Box Topper (PUMA) #U28 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #227 | Rare | 2018 |
| Kaladesh Inventions (MPS) #36 | Special | 2016 |
| Modern Masters (MMA) #204 | Rare | 2013 |
| Fifth Dawn (5DN) #118 | Rare | 2004 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Engineered Explosives, newest first.
- If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- Colorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.
- 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.
- 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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