---
name: "Bifurcate"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "230"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Matson"
oracle_id: "f21ec455-aaf6-4842-aea2-69a7fd99b80f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bifurcate-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bifurcate
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search your library for a permanent card with the same name as target nontoken creature, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mask of the Mimic](/printing/mask-of-the-mimic-sth.md) — Instant
2. [Doubling Chant](/printing/doubling-chant-m12.md) — Sorcery
3. [Pack Hunt](/printing/pack-hunt-nem.md) — Sorcery
4. [Assembly Hall](/printing/assembly-hall-mmq.md) — Artifact
5. [Pattern Matcher](/printing/pattern-matcher-m20.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Retraced Image](/printing/retraced-image-tor.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #230
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Matson
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`