---
name: "Break Down"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "PIP"
set_name: "Fallout"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Fesbra"
oracle_id: "73094bde-5466-41a4-88f9-a98e67f5ed2e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/break-down-pip"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Break Down
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Create a Junk token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")

> *"Old human junk. Worst kind of human junk."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Junktown](/printing/junktown-pip.md) — Land
2. [Mystic Melting](/printing/mystic-melting-csp.md) — Instant
3. [Break the Spell](/printing/break-the-spell-woe.md) — Instant
4. [Broken Bond](/printing/broken-bond-dom.md) — Sorcery
5. [Slice in Twain](/printing/slice-in-twain-c20.md) — Instant
6. [Crumble](/printing/crumble-3ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fallout (PIP) #74
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Fesbra
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`