Expressive Iteration
Expressive Iteration: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Look at the top three cards of your library. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue and red (UR)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 309
- Artist
- Anastasia Ovchinnikova
- Commander rank
- 881 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Expressive Iteration
Expressive Iteration is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and red sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 309 in that set, with art by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. It costs {U}{R} (one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Modern, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Pioneer and Legacy. It has been printed in 12 sets, from Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.
Prismari students dance in the tension between passion and perfection.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Expressive Iteration by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Banned |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Banned |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Expressive Iteration
Expressive Iteration has been printed in 12 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #183 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #129 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #194 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #64 | Rare | 2026 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #288 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #82 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Special Guests (SPG) #43 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #224 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #13 | Rare | 2024 |
| The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #125 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #186 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #379 | Uncommon | 2021 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Expressive Iteration, newest first.
- If you choose to play the exiled card this turn, you must still pay all costs and follow all timing restrictions required by that card. If it's a land, you can't play it unless you have a land play available.
- If you don't play the exiled card, it remains exiled. It won't be available to be played on future turns.
- If there are fewer than three cards in your library, follow the instructions in the order given for any cards that are there. For example, if there are two cards in your library, you'll put one of them into your hand and one of them on the bottom of your library. You won't have the option to exile either of them.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Expressive Iteration is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.