Break Down
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #2436 (rare)
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Create a Junk token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Break Down has 3 printings, first in Fallout (2024). EDHREC ranks it #9,175 among Commander cards. It appears most in Trostani, Selesnya's Voice decks (4,688 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Break Down
- Hatsune Miku - Secret Lair Commander, led by Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- Scrappy Survivors - Fallout, led by Dogmeat, Ever Loyal
Commanders that run Break Down most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Trostani, Selesnya's Voice: 4,688 decks
- Dogmeat, Ever Loyal: 4,267 decks
- Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy: 810 decks
- Preston Garvey, Minuteman: 368 decks
- Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius: 251 decks
- Cait, Cage Brawler: 69 decks
- Quina, Qu Gourmet: 68 decks
- Strong, the Brutish Thespian: 62 decks
Often played with Break Down
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can't sacrifice a Junk token to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Junk token to activate its own ability and also to activate the second ability of Junk Jet.
- : You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for the card played from exile with a Junk token's ability. For example, if the exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
- : Some spells and abilities that create Junk tokens may require targets. If each target chosen is illegal as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects happen. You won't create any Junk tokens.