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Expropriate

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4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Expropriate, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 2396 2026-02-23

Card text

{7}{U}{U}
Sorcery
Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. For each time vote, take an extra turn after this one. For each money vote, choose a permanent owned by the voter and gain control of it. Exile Expropriate.
Keywords: Council's dilemma
Could be worse. You had a choice.
EDHREC rank #2515 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✗ Banned
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

10 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

If a creature with an enters-the-battlefield council's dilemma ability leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, players can still vote for any option that would put +1/+1 counters on that creature, even though—or perhaps especially because—those votes won't generate an effect.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

Players can't do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

The effects of each council's dilemma ability happen in the stated order. First the vote occurs, then the first effect, and finally the second effect.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

Unlike the will of the council cards from the original Conspiracy set, where a majority of votes determined what happened, each vote made for a council's dilemma card adds to the ultimate effect.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

No player votes until Expropriate resolves. Any responses to the spell must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

Each player must vote for one of the available options. They can't abstain.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

Votes are cast in turn order, and each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Expropriate, Conspiracy: Take the Crown printing
Conspiracy: Take the Crown
CN2 · #30
Mythic
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Fusion Gaming · Condition DMG