---
name: "Abstruse Appropriation"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: ["Devoid"]
set: "PMH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3 Promos"
collector_number: "177s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason Rainville"
oracle_id: "61a23402-3244-4b5e-9134-98e1f82eda65"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/abstruse-appropriation-pmh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Abstruse Appropriation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Devoid

## Oracle Text
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Exile target nonland permanent. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend colorless mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

> *"Kozilek experiences reality on his own terms."
—Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Oracle of Dust](/printing/oracle-of-dust-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Processor
2. [Release to the Wind](/printing/release-to-the-wind-prix.md) — Instant
3. [Brutal Expulsion](/printing/brutal-expulsion-pbfz.md) — Instant
4. [Eldrazi Displacer](/printing/eldrazi-displacer-m3c.md) — Creature — Eldrazi
5. [Thief of Existence](/printing/thief-of-existence-mh3.md) — Creature — Eldrazi
6. [Grip of Desolation](/printing/grip-of-desolation-bfz.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #177s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason Rainville
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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