Breach the MultiverseHow it works & interactions with other cards

What It Does

When you cast Breach the Multiverse, every player (including you) puts the top ten cards of their library into their graveyard. From the resulting graveyards, you select one creature or planeswalker card from each player. You then return those specific cards to the battlefield under your control. Finally, as a finishing touch, every creature you currently control gains the Phyrexian creature type permanently.

How It Resolves Step by Step

First, the milling happens simultaneously for all players. Second, you look at the graveyards; you can choose cards that were just milled or cards that were already there before the spell was cast. You must choose one card from each player's graveyard if a valid creature or planeswalker target exists. Third, all chosen cards enter the battlefield under your control at the same time. Fourth, a continuous effect is applied to all creatures you control, making them Phyrexians in addition to their other types.

Common Mistakes

A common misconception is that the Phyrexian type only applies to the cards you just reanimated. In reality, every creature you control at the time the spell finishes resolving becomes a Phyrexian. However, if a permanent loses its creature status later, it also loses the Phyrexian type until it becomes a creature again. Also, remember that you cannot choose two cards from your own graveyard and none from your opponent's; you must pick exactly one per player if possible.

When to Play It

This spell is most effective in multiplayer formats like Commander, where you can potentially put four high-impact permanents onto the battlefield for just seven mana. It is also a fantastic way to enable tribal synergies. Because it transforms your board into Phyrexians, it sets up powerful plays with cards that care about specific creature types.

Interaction examples

Establishing Tribal Dominance

Kindred Dominance

After you cast Breach the Multiverse, all your creatures are now Phyrexians. You can then follow up with Kindred Dominance, choosing 'Phyrexian' as the creature type. This will destroy every creature on the board that you don't control, while your entire army remains safe.

Surviving the Eldrazi Purge

All Is Dust

If you use Breach the Multiverse to reanimate a powerful colorless creature or planeswalker, and your opponent casts All Is Dust, your reanimated colorless permanents will stay on the battlefield while your colored creatures are sacrificed. Note that being a Phyrexian does not change a card's color; they are still subject to the color-based sacrifice of All Is Dust.