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Break Under Pressure

Black

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Break Under Pressure, Reality Fracture printing
Reality Fracture FRA · No. 50 2026-10-02

Card text

{2}{B}
Instant
Target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control. You gain 2 life.
"Please, do take it personally." —Ingris Stingerquill
EDHREC rank #23314 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

3 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Break Under Pressure targets only the opponent, not any permanent. A permanent with hexproof may be sacrificed this way if its mana value is the greatest, for example.

2026-08-21 · Wizards of the Coast

Which creature or planeswalker will be sacrificed is determined as Break Under Pressure resolves.

2026-08-21 · Wizards of the Coast

Consider all creatures and planeswalkers the target opponent controls as one group to see which one has the greatest mana value. For example, if the opponent controls a creature with mana value 3 and a planeswalker with mana value 5, they must sacrifice the planeswalker.

2026-08-21 · Wizards of the Coast

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