Explosive Apparatus
Core Set 2019 233 • common
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Collector number
- 233
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Lindsey Look
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
3 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.
"Souls are volatile things. When compressed and loaded into a handheld device, their destructive potential is quite impressive."— Dierk, geistmage
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Explosive Apparatus was released in 2018 as part of the Core Set 2019 expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as a common-rarity artifact, the card was intended to provide a functional, colorless tool for players to utilize in Limited formats, serving as a flexible way to deal small amounts of damage to creatures or planeswalkers at the cost of sacrificing the card itself.
The illustration was rendered by artist Igor Kieryluk, who focused on a utilitarian, mechanical aesthetic consistent with the card's theme of a volatile, singular-use device. Within the game's broader context, the item represents the functional side of Magic's design, providing newer or drafting players with a straightforward, reliable method for board interaction rather than a complex or world-altering narrative piece.
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