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Expressive Iteration

First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)

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Expressive Iteration

Sorcery

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.

Prismari students dance in the tension between passion and perfection.

Illustrated by
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
Watermark
Prismari

Legality

Rulings (3)

  • If you choose to play the exiled card this turn, you must still pay all costs and follow all timing restrictions required by that card. If it's a land, you can't play it unless you have a land play available.
  • If you don't play the exiled card, it remains exiled. It won't be available to be played on future turns.
  • If there are fewer than three cards in your library, follow the instructions in the order given for any cards that are there. For example, if there are two cards in your library, you'll put one of them into your hand and one of them on the bottom of your library. You won't have the option to exile either of them.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 2 Nov 2026).

Duel Commander In 1 of 10 decks (10.0%), most in Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Staple: main deck, 4% of decks (#591) (last 120 days)

Share of decks
10.0%
▲ 5.0 vs previous 7 days
11 Aug: 0.0% 18 Aug: 0.0% 25 Aug: 1.8% 1 Sep: 0.0% 8 Sep: 0.0% 15 Sep: 2.6% 22 Sep: 3.5% 29 Sep: 17.9% 6 Oct: 5.6% 13 Oct: 0.0% 20 Oct: 5.0% 27 Oct: 10.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
11 Aug0.0%
18 Aug0.0%
25 Aug1.8%
1 Sep0.0%
8 Sep0.0%
15 Sep2.6%
22 Sep3.5%
29 Sep17.9%
6 Oct5.6%
13 Oct0.0%
20 Oct5.0%
27 Oct10.0%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Niv-Mizzet, Parun 10.0% 100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No results yet.

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Whoah,
1 main 5-0

Modern In 12 of 319 decks (3.8%), most in Prowess

Staple: main deck, 7% of decks (#90) (last 120 days)

Share of decks
3.8%
▼ 0.5 vs previous 7 days
11 Aug: 6.8% 18 Aug: 8.5% 25 Aug: 9.0% 1 Sep: 9.1% 8 Sep: 11.7% 15 Sep: 10.3% 22 Sep: 10.1% 29 Sep: 12.1% 6 Oct: 8.4% 13 Oct: 5.1% 20 Oct: 4.2% 27 Oct: 3.8%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
12
12 main, 3 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.2
in the main deck
Win rate
68%
4 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
11 Aug6.8%
18 Aug8.5%
25 Aug9.0%
1 Sep9.1%
8 Sep11.7%
15 Sep10.3%
22 Sep10.1%
29 Sep12.1%
6 Oct8.4%
13 Oct5.1%
20 Oct4.2%
27 Oct3.8%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Prowess 4.7% 73%
UR (unclassified) 1.3% 25%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Dragon's Rage Channeler100%18.8
Thundering Falls100%6.9
Preordain100%6.1
Steam Vents100%4.6
Lightning Bolt100%4.0
Mishra's Bauble100%3.9
Lava Dart92%19.5
Cori-Steel Cutter92%18.3
Monastery Swiftspear92%16.2
Fiery Islet92%8.1
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Prowess
O_danielakos in Modern Challenge 32
9-1
90%
Prowess
therock988 in Modern Challenge 32
6-2
75%
Prowess
sedotwc in Modern Challenge 16
6-2
75%
Prowess
EddDeedoo in Modern Challenge 32
5-2
71%
Prowess
Suechtler in Modern Challenge 16
4-2
67%
Prowess
JPA93 in Modern Challenge 32
4-2
67%
Prowess
jtl005 in Modern Challenge 32
4-2
67%
Prowess
Marlin583 in Modern Challenge 32
4-2
67%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Prowess
O_danielakos,
4 main #1 (top 8)
of 66
9-1
Prowess
therock988,
4 main #6 (top 8)
of 66
6-2
Prowess
EddDeedoo,
3 main #12
of 66
5-2
Prowess
Suechtler,
3 main
1 side
#6 (top 8)
of 28
4-2
Prowess
bayjen_,
2 main
1 side
#27
of 52
3-3
Prowess
JPA93,
4 main #12
of 58
4-2
Prowess
mattygaddy8,
3 main 5-0
Prowess
jtl005,
3 main #17
of 57
4-2

Commander In 1 of 719 decks (0.1%), most in Muddle, the Ever-Changing

Share of decks
0.1%
= vs previous 7 days
18 Aug: 0.4% 25 Aug: 0.5% 1 Sep: 1.0% 8 Sep: 0.1% 15 Sep: 0.3% 22 Sep: 0.6% 29 Sep: 0.3% 6 Oct: 0.4% 13 Oct: 0.3% 20 Oct: 0.1% 27 Oct: 0.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
1 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
11 Aug–
18 Aug0.4%
25 Aug0.5%
1 Sep1.0%
8 Sep0.1%
15 Sep0.3%
22 Sep0.6%
29 Sep0.3%
6 Oct0.4%
13 Oct0.3%
20 Oct0.1%
27 Oct0.1%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Muddle, the Ever-Changing 0.1% 100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No results yet.

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Muddle, the Ever-Changing
Alec Coyle,
1 main #4 (top 8)
of 16
2-1

Vintage No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Limited On MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Expressive Iteration in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Premier Draft 58.2% +2.9 +7.2 3391
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), Premier Draft 55.9% +0.8 +6.6 725
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen