---
name: "Break Down the Door"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Manifest", "Manifest dread"]
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "170"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ralph Horsley"
oracle_id: "a11d8372-87fb-40a2-b638-314c6a5af03b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/break-down-the-door-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Break Down the Door
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Manifest, Manifest dread

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Exile target artifact.
• Exile target enchantment.
• Manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Manifest Dread](/printing/manifest-dread-dsk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Under the Skin](/printing/under-the-skin-dsk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Unwanted Remake](/printing/unwanted-remake-dsk.md) — Instant
4. [Unsettling Twins](/printing/unsettling-twins-dsk.md) — Creature — Human
5. [Twist Reality](/printing/twist-reality-dsk.md) — Instant
6. [Hauntwoods Shrieker](/printing/hauntwoods-shrieker-dsk.md) — Creature — Beast Mutant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #170
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ralph Horsley
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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