Powder Keg

Powder Keg

Artifact

Mana cost: {2}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fuse counter on this artifact.

triggered — puts a counter on it

Destroy each artifact and creature with mana value equal to the number of fuse counters on this artifact.

activated {T}, Sacrifice this artifact —

activated {T}, Sacrifice this artifact —

Causes: put a counter on anything, sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature dies.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Powder Keg, it exiles a Nightmare

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

When you sacrifice Powder Keg:

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Moonstone Eulogist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Magnetic Snuffler — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  6. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  7. Jaws, Relentless Predator — deals 1 damage
  8. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

When Powder Keg is in the graveyard:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring it back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Trading Post — can bring it back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  8. Goblin Engineer — can bring it back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring it back
  10. Scrap Welder — can bring it back

179 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

  1. Pia's Revolution — When Powder Keg is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Pia's Revolution deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — When Powder Keg is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Farid, Enterprising Salvager makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — When Powder Keg is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Psychomancer makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — When Powder Keg is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Sly Requisitioner makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — When Powder Keg is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Slagstone Refinery makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — When Powder Keg is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer triggers
  7. The Master, Gallifrey's End — When a creature dies thanks to Powder Keg, The Master, Gallifrey's End exiles it

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

When Powder Keg hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

When Powder Keg is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  3. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  4. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  6. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  7. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  9. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  10. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Powder Keg leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

Powder Keg puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Powder Keg:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card

61 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Powder Keg, it exiles itself

16 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Powder Keg is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Powder Keg fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.