First printed in Urza's Saga (1998)

All 4 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2296, 2025
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #282, 2024
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #418, 2024
Urza's Saga (USG) #203, 1998

Meltdown

Sorcery

Destroy each artifact with mana value X or less.

In the last 30 days 18.1% of Modern decks played it (30 of 166). Most played in Moonshadow. In the last 30 days 6.0% of Legacy decks played it (11 of 182). Most played in WUBRG (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 16% of decks (#9)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Board wipes, Artifact removal
Legacy staples: sideboard, 4% of decks (#57)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Board wipes, Artifact removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

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

Modern Other periods →

In 30 of 166 decks (18.1%).

Share of decks

15.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 21 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

53%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Moonshadow	9.0%	73%
URG (unclassified)	6.0%	90%
Boros Energy	4.2%	57%
WBRG (unclassified)	2.4%	75%
UBRG (unclassified)	1.2%	50%
BR (unclassified)	0.6%	100%
UBR (unclassified)	0.6%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
URG sedotwc in Modern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Boros Energy Craigpuncher in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Boros Energy MisterTwin in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Moonshadow komattaman in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UBR adrian mejuto in IQ Arzúa - Piknitas Modern	5-2 71%
Moonshadow MarcoIa in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
URG R_Mac in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Boros Energy oinkmage22 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Boros Energy Craigpuncher, 28 Oct	1 side	#6 5-2
Moonshadow rastaf, 28 Oct	2 side	#23 3-3
Moonshadow jaximus5, 28 Oct	2 side	#30 1-4
Moonshadow HouseOfManaMTG, 28 Oct	2 side	#32 2-3
BR aspiringspike, 28 Oct	3 side	5-0
Moonshadow MarcoIa, 27 Oct	2 side	#9 4-2
URG R_Mac, 27 Oct	2 side	#16 4-2
UBRG DB_cntrlfreak_ttv, 27 Oct	1 side	#17 3-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 11 of 182 decks (6.0%).