Engineered Explosives
Artifact
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.
Rules for this card
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A keyword ability that can have a permanent enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters or charge counters on it. See rule 702.44, “Sunburst.”
Rulings (4)
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Wizards of the CoastIf a permanent has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
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Wizards of the CoastColorless mana won't give Engineered Explosives another charge counter. Colorless is not a color.
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Wizards of the CoastYou 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.
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Wizards of the CoastTokens 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.