---
name: "Smokestack"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "309"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Scott Kirschner"
oracle_id: "fda61506-ed79-47fd-badd-639185297913"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smokestack-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Smokestack
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a soot counter on this artifact.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice for each soot counter on this artifact.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Plague Boiler](/printing/plague-boiler-c13.md) — Artifact
2. [Energy Flux](/printing/energy-flux-mb2.md) — Enchantment
3. [Molder Slug](/printing/molder-slug-plst.md) — Creature — Slug Beast
4. [Kataki, War's Wage](/printing/kataki-wars-wage-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
5. [Furnace Skullbomb](/printing/furnace-skullbomb-one.md) — Artifact
6. [Armageddon Clock](/printing/armageddon-clock-sum.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #309
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Scott Kirschner
- **Total Printings:** 15 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`