---
name: "Anticognition"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "ZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "4728e320-d29b-4019-8ab5-e45319c77c40"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/anticognition-znr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Anticognition
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays {2}. If an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, instead counter that spell, then scry 2.

> *"No, no lo creo".
—Flekon el Censurador*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memory Drain](/printing/memory-drain-thb.md) — Instant
2. [No Escape](/printing/no-escape-j22.md) — Instant
3. [Calculated Dismissal](/printing/calculated-dismissal-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Rakshasa's Disdain](/printing/rakshasas-disdain-frf.md) — Instant
5. [Stymied Hopes](/printing/stymied-hopes-ths.md) — Instant
6. [Condescend](/printing/condescend-wc04.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #45
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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