---
name: "Bind to Secrecy"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Draft from a spellbook", "Conjure"]
set: "YSNC"
set_name: "Alchemy: New Capenna"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Astruga"
oracle_id: "d93fef14-c821-4a65-9e84-f268f777737f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bind-to-secrecy-ysnc"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bind to Secrecy
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Draft from a spellbook, Conjure

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Counter target noncreature spell.
• Conjure a duplicate of target creature card in an opponent's graveyard into your hand. It perpetually gains "You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast this spell."
If there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard, draft a card from Bind to Secrecy's spellbook.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grave Choice](/printing/grave-choice-hbg.md) — Instant
2. [Ominous Traveler](/printing/ominous-traveler-ymid.md) — Creature — Human
3. [Soul Manipulation](/printing/soul-manipulation-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Counterpoint](/printing/counterpoint-mkc.md) — Instant
5. [You Find the Villains' Lair](/printing/you-find-the-villains-lair-afr.md) — Instant
6. [Futurist Spellthief](/printing/futurist-spellthief-yneo.md) — Creature — Moonfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: New Capenna (YSNC) #19
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Astruga

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