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Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
Legendary Creature — Insect Mutant Scientist
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Exploding Barrel
$0.31
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$0.36
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$0.45
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Oracle Text
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Put a pressure counter on this artifact.
{8}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 20 damage to target creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each pressure counter on this artifact. Activate only as a sorcery.
Card Details
-/-Power / Toughness
Mana Cost1Prints
Character Background
Exploding Barrel is a slow-burn artifact that rewards patient, control-minded play: it fixes mana immediately, then gradually turns into a devastating removal spell once enough pressure counters build up. In practice, it best supports a control or midrange shell that can afford to spend early turns setting up and protecting the table while this charges. The “any color” mana makes it especially useful in multicolor decks, and cards that proliferate counters, untap artifacts, or add extra turns of setup can accelerate its payoff dramatically. Because the activation is only at sorcery speed, plan to deploy it before you need the threat, then aim it at the largest creature on the board to swing tempo hard. It also plays well in artifact-centric decks that recur or tutor artifacts, since even if it is sacrificed, you’ve already extracted mana and later removal from one card. Thematic and functional, it feels like a ticking TMNT-style hazard waiting for the perfect moment to blow.
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Character Background
Exploding Barrel is a slow-burn artifact that rewards patient, control-minded play: it fixes mana immediately, then gradually turns into a devastating removal spell once enough pressure counters build up. In practice, it best supports a control or midrange shell that can afford to spend early turns setting up and protecting the table while this charges. The “any color” mana makes it especially useful in multicolor decks, and cards that proliferate counters, untap artifacts, or add extra turns of setup can accelerate its payoff dramatically. Because the activation is only at sorcery speed, plan to deploy it before you need the threat, then aim it at the largest creature on the board to swing tempo hard. It also plays well in artifact-centric decks that recur or tutor artifacts, since even if it is sacrificed, you’ve already extracted mana and later removal from one card. Thematic and functional, it feels like a ticking TMNT-style hazard waiting for the perfect moment to blow.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-09-30 23:10:43 UTC