---
name: "Kari Zev's Expertise"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "KLR"
set_name: "Kaladesh Remastered"
collector_number: "134"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason Rainville"
oracle_id: "e0de0121-6185-45c5-9d88-a415b07347e0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kari-zevs-expertise-klr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kari Zev's Expertise
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Gain control of target creature or Vehicle until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
You may cast a spell with mana value 2 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vengeful Possession](/printing/vengeful-possession-dsk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Unwilling Recruit](/printing/unwilling-recruit-eve.md) — Sorcery
3. [Traitorous Greed](/printing/traitorous-greed-m21.md) — Sorcery
4. [Evil's Thrall](/printing/evils-thrall-msh.md) — Sorcery
5. [Hijack](/printing/hijack-xln.md) — Sorcery
6. [Traitorous Instinct](/printing/traitorous-instinct-mm3.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #134
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason Rainville
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2017-02-09)* Kari Zev's Expertise can target any creature or Vehicle, even one that you already control or that is already untapped.
- *(2017-02-09)* If the Expertise spell you cast has any targets, and those targets become illegal before the spell resolves, the spell doesn't resolve and none of its effects happen. You won't get to cast a free spell.
- *(2017-02-09)* Effects that allow you to "cast" a card don't allow you to play a land card.
- *(2017-02-09)* While you're casting your free spell, the Expertise spell is still on the stack. It will be put into its owner's graveyard after the free spell is cast. The free spell can't target the Expertise card in your graveyard. It can target the Expertise spell on the stack, but the Expertise spell will become an illegal target before the free spell resolves.
- *(2017-02-09)* If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- *(2017-02-09)* If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Cathartic Reunion, you must pay those to cast the card.