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Powder Keg

First printed in Urza's Destiny (1999)

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Powder Keg

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fuse counter on this artifact.
tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each artifact and creature with mana value equal to the number of fuse counters on this artifact.

In the last 30 days 0.6% of Legacy decks played it (6 of 1071). Most played in UBG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 26.8% of Premodern decks played it (158 of 590). Most played in Stiflenought.

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 6 of 1071 decks (0.6%).

Share of decks
0.6%
▲ 0.3 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 0.4% 2026-08-13: 0.4% 2026-08-20: 0.2% 2026-08-27: 0.0% 2026-09-03: 0.0% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.5% 2026-09-24: 0.5% 2026-10-01: 0.0% 2026-10-08: 0.4% 2026-10-15: 2.1% 2026-10-22: 0.5%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
6
0 main, 6 sideboard
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
63%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UBG (unclassified) 6.0% 8%
Lands 4.7% 2%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Lands
DandyAndy360 in Legacy Challenge 32
5-2
71%
UBG
karatedom in Legacy Challenge 32
4-2
67%
UBG
yourbunnywr0te in Legacy Challenge 32
3-3
50%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UBG
JustCallMeJick,
1 side 5-0
UBG
karatedom,
1 side #12
4-2
UBG
yourbunnywr0te,
1 side #28
3-3
UBG
Caleb_Yetman,
1 side 5-0
UBG
pewpew444,
1 side 5-0
Lands
DandyAndy360,
1 side #16
5-2

Premodern Other periods →

In 158 of 590 decks (26.8%).

Share of decks
26.8%
▲ 4.9 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 23.6% 2026-08-13: 26.0% 2026-08-20: 25.3% 2026-08-27: 26.4% 2026-09-03: 25.4% 2026-09-10: 19.7% 2026-09-17: 22.3% 2026-09-24: 20.7% 2026-10-01: 29.6% 2026-10-08: 22.9% 2026-10-15: 32.6% 2026-10-22: 21.9%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
158
94 main, 75 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.2
in the main deck
Win rate
56%
50 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Stiflenought 11.2% 83%
Mono-Black Control 8.1% 73%
Goblins 4.9% 3%
WU (unclassified) 4.2% 76%
WG (unclassified) 4.1% 17%
Psychatog 3.7% 91%
Mono-Black (unclassified) 1.9% 36%
Mono-Blue (unclassified) 1.7% 20%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Counterspell95%4.3
Impulse94%4.8
Foil69%4.4
Gush69%4.2
Portent68%4.2
Chain of Vapor64%4.9
Opt61%4.6
Thwart60%5.7
Stifle60%5.2
Flash of Insight60%5.0

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Stiflenought
SpockVidaLoka in Premodern Challenge 16
8-0
100%
Stiflenought
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Premodern Challenge 16
7-1
88%
Stiflenought
SpockVidaLoka in Premodern Challenge 16
6-1
86%
UB
Beicodegeia in Premodern Challenge 16
5-1
83%
Stiflenought
Jerry Melton in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event
4-1
80%
Stiflenought
_Dionysos_ in Premodern Challenge 16
6-2
75%
Psychatog
Beicodegeia in Premodern Challenge 16
6-2
75%
Stiflenought
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Premodern Challenge 16
6-2
75%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Stiflenought
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha,
1 main #1
7-1
Stiflenought
_Dionysos_,
1 main #2
6-2
Mono-Black Control
Strongmind,
2 side #3
5-2
Mono-Black Control
Bellazio,
1 side #8
3-3
Mono-Black Control
fazparte,
1 side #19
2-3
Mono-Black Control
littledarwin,
1 side #21
1-3
Psychatog
Beicodegeia,
1 main #26
0-2
WG
PTPaul,
2 side 5-0

No recent decks in: Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.