Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough

Card text

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)

I - Return up to one target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.

II - Return an artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. If you can't, draw a card.

III - Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough

Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough, newest first.

• 2022-02-18 Living Breakthrough's triggered ability will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger. Notably, the ability has no effect until it resolves, so your opponents can respond to it by casting instant spells with the same mana value as the original spell.
• 2022-02-18 A transforming double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or you cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
• 2022-02-18 Each transforming double-faced card in this set is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.
• 2022-02-18 If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter the battlefield at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Azusa's Many Journeys, the chapter III ability will cause it to be exiled and then remain in exile.
• 2022-02-18 Each face of a transforming double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a transforming double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.
• 2022-02-18 The back face of a transforming double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
• 2022-02-18 Living Breakthrough's triggered ability won't affect spells that a player has already cast, even if those spells haven't resolved yet.
• 2022-02-18 The mana value of a transforming double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.

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