---
name: "Break Expectations"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Draft from a spellbook"]
set: "YMID"
set_name: "Alchemy: Innistrad"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "4d778e20-2c68-4bdf-8a87-d210c66716d2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/break-expectations-ymid"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Break Expectations
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Draft from a spellbook

## Oracle Text
Target player reveals all cards with mana value 2 or greater in their hand. You choose a card from among those cards. Exile that card. If a card was exiled this way, that player drafts a card from Break Expectations's spellbook and reveals it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Appetite for Brains](/printing/appetite-for-brains-avr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Transgress the Mind](/printing/transgress-the-mind-bfz.md) — Sorcery
4. [Break Out](/printing/break-out-mkm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
6. [Unmask](/printing/unmask-mmq.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Innistrad (YMID) #26
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov

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