---
name: "Broken Ambitions"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Clash", "Mill"]
set: "LRW"
set_name: "Lorwyn"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Franz Vohwinkel"
oracle_id: "4a3fba0c-50b1-4139-834e-c8fc8e1315bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/broken-ambitions-lrw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Broken Ambitions
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Clash, Mill

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Clash with an opponent. If you win, that spell's controller mills four cards. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clash of Wills](/printing/clash-of-wills-f16.md) — Instant
2. [Scattering Stroke](/printing/scattering-stroke-cmd.md) — Instant
3. [Countermand](/printing/countermand-jou.md) — Instant
4. [Thought Collapse](/printing/thought-collapse-jmp.md) — Instant
5. [Psychic Strike](/printing/psychic-strike-gtc.md) — Instant
6. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn (LRW) #54
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Franz Vohwinkel
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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