Break Through the Line

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Break Through the Line: Enchantment, Fate Reforged. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{R}
Mana value
2
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Fate Reforged (FRF)
Released
2015-01-23
Collector number
94
Artist
Clint Cearley
Commander rank
11,018 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Break Through the Line

Break Through the Line is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red enchantment from Fate Reforged (FRF), an expansion set released in January 2015. It is collector number 94 in that set, with art by Clint Cearley. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Fate Reforged is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{R}: Target creature with power 2 or less gains haste until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

"If the Mardu were more in tune with their beasts, they would not scare so easily." -Jilaya, Temur whisperer

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Break Through the Line by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Break Through the Line.

  • If the creature’s power is greater than 2 as the activated ability tries to resolve, the ability won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. However, if the creature’s power is raised above 2 after the ability resolves, it will still have haste and can’t be blocked that turn.

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