Magic: The Gathering · masters
Engineered Explosives
Mystery Booster 2 · #218 · rare · 2024
Artifact
Listings
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Market reference
$5.00
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 218 / 385
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- rare
- Illustrator
- Ron Spears
- Frame
- future
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2024-08-02
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Removal
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Artifact
Also does
Competitive performance
From real Legacy tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 2 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ron Spears
This card was illustrated by Ron Spears.
About this card
Mana cost: {X}
Type: Artifact
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.
Keywords: Sunburst
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $5.00 |
| USD (foil) | $15.69 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €4.80 |
| EUR (foil) | €21.53 |
| MTGO tix | 6.59 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Engineered Explosives is real?
Engineered Explosives is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Engineered Explosives worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Engineered Explosives is $5.00; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Engineered Explosives from?
Engineered Explosives is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Mystery Booster 2" in the masters series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Engineered Explosives?
Engineered Explosives is a rare card in the Mystery Booster 2 set.
Other Engineered Explosives printings
Same Magic: The Gathering card across other sets and rarities.
