---
name: "Steel Wrecking Ball"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "OM1"
set_name: "Through the Omenpaths"
collector_number: "176"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kev Fang"
oracle_id: "3a07e22c-71cd-4723-b07e-0ff02009a878"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/steel-wrecking-ball-om1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Steel Wrecking Ball
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
When this artifact enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature.
{1}{R}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Smash to Smithereens](/printing/smash-to-smithereens-f16.md) — Instant
2. [Crush](/printing/crush-mbs.md) — Instant
3. [Smash](/printing/smash-10e.md) — Instant
4. [Shatter](/printing/shatter-tpr.md) — Instant
5. [Detonate](/printing/detonate-mrd.md) — Sorcery
6. [Shrapnel Blast](/printing/shrapnel-blast-mrd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Through the Omenpaths (OM1) #176
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kev Fang
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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