About Through the Breach
Through the Breach (FOIL) is a premium Through the Breach MTG proxy card from Magic: The Gathering‘s Ultimate Masters. This red instant is most useful in decks built around cheat-into-play effects, big creatures, and combo turns, making it a useful option for casual Commander, cube, display, and deck testing.
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| Type | Instant — Arcane |
| Text | You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step. Splice onto Arcane ![]() ![]() (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.) |
| Set | Ultimate Masters UMA #152 |
| Rarity | Rare |
What Through the Breach Does
Through the Breach puts a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield, gives it haste, and makes you sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
It is strongest when the creature has a massive attack trigger, annihilator, combat damage effect, or enters-the-battlefield value that makes one turn enough.
Best Uses for Through the Breach
- Big creature combo: Cheats expensive creatures into play for a sudden attack.
- Sneak-style decks: Supports red strategies built around temporary creature deployment.
- Cube testing: Gives red decks a high-risk way to use giant creatures.
Recommended Interactions
Through the Breach works well with cards that support cheat-into-play effects, big creatures, or combo turns. It is worth testing if your deck already wants this role and can use the card without forcing the whole list to become a tiny rules seminar.
- Emrakul, the Aeons Torn: A classic high-impact creature to cheat into play in formats where allowed.
- Griselbrand: Turns one temporary creature into a large card draw burst.
- Sneak Attack: Supports the same red cheat-into-play plan.
Strengths and Considerations
The main strength of Through the Breach is turning an expensive creature in hand into immediate battlefield pressure. The main consideration is the creature is sacrificed at the end step, so the payoff needs to matter right away. Testing Through the Breach MTG proxy can help you decide whether it fits your Commander deck, cube, or casual playgroup.
Product Quality and Proxy Use
ProxyKing cards are produced with premium print quality, proper trading-card size, ideal weight, consistent thickness, and a natural shuffle feel for sleeved casual play.
This is a proxy/playtest card for casual play, Commander, cube, display, and deck testing where proxies are allowed. It is not an official Magic card and is not tournament legal. Review our Proxy Use Policy for responsible casual use.
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