---
name: "Expressive Iteration"
mana_cost: "{U}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOA"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Benjamin Ee"
oracle_id: "c7aecca5-2f67-4245-ab2d-e723d8b23a67"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/expressive-iteration-soa"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "banned"
  legacy: "banned"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Expressive Iteration
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.

> *「あなたが作り出すものは数多くの選択肢から生じた結果なのだ。自分の心に従え。そうすれば誤りを選びようがなくなる。」
――プリズマリの学部長、ナサーリ*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Act on Impulse](/printing/act-on-impulse-j22.md) — Sorcery
2. [Tezzeret's Reckoning](/printing/tezzerets-reckoning-yone.md) — Instant
3. [Three Wishes](/printing/three-wishes-vis.md) — Instant
4. [Strategic Planning](/printing/strategic-planning-khm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Adventurous Impulse](/printing/adventurous-impulse-iko.md) — Sorcery
6. [Glimpse the Future](/printing/glimpse-the-future-m14.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #64
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Benjamin Ee
- **Total Printings:** 69 across all historical editions

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