---
name: "Ardent Plea"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Exalted", "Cascade"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "ARB-1"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chippy"
oracle_id: "49a8ca54-30d3-42d3-b122-334d24805e1b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ardent-plea-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ardent Plea
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Exalted, Cascade

## Oracle Text
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Angelic Benediction](/printing/angelic-benediction-m13.md) — Enchantment
2. [Sovereigns of Lost Alara](/printing/sovereigns-of-lost-alara-arb.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty](/printing/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Druid
4. [Quandrix, the Proof](/printing/quandrix-the-proof-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
5. [Ethercaste Knight](/printing/ethercaste-knight-arb.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Knight
6. [Violent Outburst](/printing/violent-outburst-arb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #ARB-1
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chippy
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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