---
name: "Powder Keg"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "P04"
set_name: "Magic Player Rewards 2004"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Frazier"
oracle_id: "ca1144c2-49a3-49b4-9085-3094141769ea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/powder-keg-p04"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Powder Keg
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fuse counter on this artifact.
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each artifact and creature with mana value equal to the number of fuse counters on this artifact.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bomb Squad](/printing/bomb-squad-ody.md) — Creature — Dwarf
2. [Ratchet Bomb](/printing/ratchet-bomb-pm14.md) — Artifact
3. [Detonate](/printing/detonate-mrd.md) — Sorcery
4. [Engineered Explosives](/printing/engineered-explosives-mps.md) — Artifact
5. [Time Bomb](/printing/time-bomb-ice.md) — Artifact
6. [Pulverize](/printing/pulverize-mmq.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Player Rewards 2004 (P04) #1
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Frazier
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`