---
name: "Smelted Chargebug"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Insect"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "139"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jonas De Ro"
oracle_id: "8bc30bd5-554e-4fcf-9dec-c7634921858a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smelted-chargebug-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Smelted Chargebug
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
When this creature enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {E}. If you do, another target attacking creature gets +1/+0 and gains menace until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Weldfast Monitor](/printing/weldfast-monitor-kld.md) — Artifact Creature — Lizard
3. [Frontier Warmonger](/printing/frontier-warmonger-ltc.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Thriving Grubs](/printing/thriving-grubs-kld.md) — Creature — Gremlin
5. [Giant Fire Beetles](/printing/giant-fire-beetles-hbg.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Etched Slith](/printing/etched-slith-mh3.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Slith

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #139
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jonas De Ro
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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