Break the Ice
Sorcery
Destroy target land that is snow or could produce 
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Overload 
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #22651
Break the Ice permanently destroys a snow permanent or bounces all snow lands — either mode answers snow-based strategies hard. Two mana is the right price for that kind of surgical disruption.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Break the Ice earns a slot specifically to punish Scrying Sheets and snow-land piles that fuel Frost Bite and similar payoffs — outside those matchups it's a dead card, so it belongs in the sideboard of a constructed deck, not the 99. In Legacy and Vintage, Break the Ice has a cleaner home as a sideboard answer to Skred Red or snow-based tempo shells, where bouncing an opponent's entire snow-land base at two mana can win a game on the spot. Modern's snow decks are niche enough that it sees fringe play, but the same selective-sideboard logic applies across all three eternal formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Break the Ice is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a one- or two-of without any budget consideration. Bulk snow-hate rarely spikes unless a dominant snow strategy emerges in a major format, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.