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Expropriate

{7}{U}{U}

Sorcery

SPGSpecial Guests#66mythic
BorderlessFull Art
Banned in Oathbreaker

Even those who think they have nothing have something left to lose.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015 · Full art
Pull rate
~1 in 323–640
Illustrator
Borja Pindado
Found in
Duskmourn House of Horror Collector Booster Pack · Duskmourn House of Horror Play Booster Pack
Printings5Combos14EDHREC rank#2,479
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerBanned
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. For each time vote, take an extra turn after this one. For each money vote, choose a permanent owned by the voter and gain control of it. Exile Expropriate.
Plays as:
Extra Turns
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-6.4%
$19.10
$15.00 low$1.50 gapTCGplayer
Foil+0.6%
$33.68
$31.83 low$11.83 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$14.90· across 5 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

10 · latest Sep 20, 2024
  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    Each player must vote for one of the available options. They can't abstain.

  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    No player votes until Expropriate resolves. Any responses to the spell must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.

  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    Votes are cast in turn order, and each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    If a creature with an enters-the-battlefield council's dilemma ability leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, players can still vote for any option that would put +1/+1 counters on that creature, even though—or perhaps especially because—those votes won't generate an effect.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Players can't do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    The effects of each council's dilemma ability happen in the stated order. First the vote occurs, then the first effect, and finally the second effect.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Unlike the will of the council cards from the original Conspiracy set, where a majority of votes determined what happened, each vote made for a council's dilemma card adds to the ultimate effect.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.