Break Under Pressure
{2}{B}Instant
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Target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control. You gain 2 life.
What it does
Tagged as Removal · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- Break Under Pressure targets only the opponent, not any permanent. A permanent with hexproof may be sacrificed this way if its mana value is the greatest, for example. (2026-08-21)
- Which creature or planeswalker will be sacrificed is determined as Break Under Pressure resolves. (2026-08-21)
- Consider all creatures and planeswalkers the target opponent controls as one group to see which one has the greatest mana value. For example, if the opponent controls a creature with mana value 3 and a planeswalker with mana value 5, they must sacrifice the planeswalker. (2026-08-21)
Printings & prices
Every set Break Under Pressure has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.