---
name: "Borrowed Knowledge"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "178"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Inkognit"
oracle_id: "0d6507b0-c986-49d1-aea3-77b2cf2a7433"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/borrowed-knowledge-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Borrowed Knowledge
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand.
• Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded this way.

> *"Profesor, nosotros estudiamos la historia, ¿verdad? Él escribió su respuesta primero; tan solo estaba aprendiendo del pasado".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cerebral Confiscation](/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Render Speechless](/printing/render-speechless-sos.md) — Sorcery
3. [Brainbite](/printing/brainbite-arb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Steal the Show](/printing/steal-the-show-psos.md) — Sorcery
5. [Tourach's Canticle](/printing/tourachs-canticle-mh2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Flux](/printing/flux-wth.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #178
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Inkognit
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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