Engineered Explosives
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.
Rulings (4)
Aug 7, 2020 · If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Aug 7, 2020 · Colorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.
Aug 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.
Aug 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.
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Of Creation | Modern | 100% | 2–4× | 3 |
| Dimir Control | Modern | 100% | 1–2× | 2 |
| Mono Blue Delver | Legacy | 100% | 2× | 2 |
| Dimir Midrange | Modern | 100% | 3× | 1 |
| Jund Shadow | Modern | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| Post | Legacy | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| Temur Wizards | Modern | 100% | 2× | 1 |
| Mono Blue Belcher | Modern | 97% | 1–4× | 33 |