Explosive Apparatus
Shadows over Innistrad 255 • common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 255
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Lindsey Look
- Market price
- $0.04
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 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the gothic horror-inspired plane of Innistrad, the card reflects the desperate measures taken by the local populace to combat the encroaching madness and eldritch corruption plaguing their world. Mechanically, the card serves as a simple artifact that provides a direct damage effect, mirroring the improvised, volatile tools often featured in the set's narrative of survival.
The artwork for this piece was created by artist James Zapata. In line with the aesthetic direction of the set, Zapata employed a dark, gritty visual style that emphasizes the frantic and unstable nature of the device. The design conveys the frantic desperation of the plane's inhabitants, focusing on functional, dangerous construction rather than magical elegance. It was received as a standard utility card, often utilized in limited play formats for its ability to provide flexible interaction.
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