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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Arena | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Freeform | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Historic Brawl | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planar Constructed | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Exploding Barrel
Artifact
: Add one mana of any colour. Put a pressure counter on this artifact.
, , Sacrifice this: This deals 20 damage to target creature. This ability costs less to activate for each pressure counter on this. Activate this ability only as a sorcery.
Ksaen on
No, you!
2 weeks ago
I've played this a couple of times, and it's performed well (I've more time to tinker with my decks than play these days, though). I don't remember being clogged down with the X spells, but it may have been luck of the drawn. But I do like their versatility where I can cast them for X<4 just to whittle down the board while keeping my commanders alive or go for the big X to close out the game.
Speaking of, that's the closer, I cast Blasphemous Act and its ilk to reflect damage to my opponents. Which is also a reason I want a good density of board sweepers by damage: if they're not winning the game, they are keeping my opponents' boards in control.
I did see Exploding Barrel but didn't think of it in the context of this deck. It might be good enough to justify a 3-mana rock. Adding it for consideration.