---
name: "Abstract Performance"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "67"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alessandra Pisano"
oracle_id: "3e0e3676-e634-4e64-bdfd-4aaa5885461f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/abstract-performance-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Abstract Performance
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Exile the top four cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top four cards of your library in a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your graveyard. Look at the cards in the other pile. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest into your hand.

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #67
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alessandra Pisano
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`