---
name: "Cathartic Operation"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Seek"]
set: "YOTJ"
set_name: "Alchemy: Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "20"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Julia Metzger"
oracle_id: "246e1349-2036-4325-b22d-be8d93d72658"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cathartic-operation-yotj"
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"
---

# Cathartic Operation
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Seek

## Oracle Text
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand, then seek two noncreature, nonland cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
2. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery
3. [Urborg Uprising](/printing/urborg-uprising-ema.md) — Sorcery
4. [Soul Salvage](/printing/soul-salvage-dom.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fight On!](/printing/fight-on-fin.md) — Instant
6. [Death's Duet](/printing/deaths-duet-exo.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Outlaws of Thunder Junction (YOTJ) #20
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Julia Metzger

## 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`