Boompile
Commander 2016 52 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Collector number
- 52
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Filip Burburan
- Market price
- $0.95
What it does
tap: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy all nonland permanents.
"Fuses? We have more than enough! Now . . . which one was it?"— Flearan One-Eye, goblin engineer
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Boompile first appeared in the Commander 2016 set, a release designed to expand the multiplayer format with new mechanics and strategic variety. As an artifact with a chaotic, high-risk activated ability, it fits into the broader tradition of red and colorless cards that favor unpredictability over consistent board control, offering players a frantic, coin-flip method to wipe the battlefield of nonland permanents.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Mathias Kollros, who utilized a rugged, industrial aesthetic to emphasize the explosive nature of the device. The design centers on the visual irony of a fragile, teetering stack of dynamite and junk, which effectively communicates the card's function as a volatile, last-resort deterrent. It was received by the player base as a quintessential Commander card, favored specifically for its political utility and its capacity to turn the tide of a game through sheer luck.
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