---
name: "Bane's Contingency"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Hector Ortiz"
oracle_id: "8089c3eb-99a8-40ca-882a-c1d4e30075ee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/banes-contingency-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bane's Contingency
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell. If that spell targets a commander you control, instead counter that spell, scry 2, then draw a card.

> *"Meus caprichos ditam o destino de nações. Sua patética magia mortal é tão ameaçadora quanto um mosquito zumbindo no meu ouvido."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memory Drain](/printing/memory-drain-thb.md) — Instant
2. [Stymied Hopes](/printing/stymied-hopes-ths.md) — Instant
3. [No Escape](/printing/no-escape-j22.md) — Instant
4. [Condescend](/printing/condescend-wc04.md) — Instant
5. [Fierce Guardianship](/printing/fierce-guardianship-sld.md) — Instant
6. [Dissolve](/printing/dissolve-ths.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #57
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Hector Ortiz
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`