---
name: "Expressive Iteration"
mana_cost: "{U}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "186"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anastasia Ovchinnikova"
oracle_id: "c7aecca5-2f67-4245-ab2d-e723d8b23a67"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/expressive-iteration-stx"
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.

> *Los estudiantes de Prismari bailan con la tensión entre la pasión y la perfección.*

## 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:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #186
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anastasia Ovchinnikova
- **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`