---
name: "Expansion Algorithm"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Proliferate"]
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Serena Malyon"
oracle_id: "afbc348a-7b27-4577-8c24-cd6d5b894dc1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/expansion-algorithm-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Expansion Algorithm
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Proliferate

## Oracle Text
Proliferate X times. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

> *"When you find an equation that works, all that's left is finding its many applications."
—Zimone*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Contentious Plan](/printing/contentious-plan-sld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Inexorable Tide](/printing/inexorable-tide-ha2.md) — Enchantment
3. [Steady Progress](/printing/steady-progress-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Fuel for the Cause](/printing/fuel-for-the-cause-mbs.md) — Instant
5. [Expand the Sphere](/printing/expand-the-sphere-one.md) — Sorcery
6. [Vivisurgeon's Insight](/printing/vivisurgeons-insight-one.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #69
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Serena Malyon
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`