---
name: "Circular Logic"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "F06"
set_name: "Friday Night Magic 2006"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "b071bbaf-79fa-413b-807b-2cc86c8a8125"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/circular-logic-f06"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Circular Logic
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each card in your graveyard.
Madness {U} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Countervailing Winds](/printing/countervailing-winds-akr.md) — Instant
2. [Rakshasa's Disdain](/printing/rakshasas-disdain-frf.md) — Instant
3. [Broken Concentration](/printing/broken-concentration-soi.md) — Instant
4. [Counterpoint](/printing/counterpoint-mkc.md) — Instant
5. [Censor](/printing/censor-akh.md) — Instant
6. [Miscalculation](/printing/miscalculation-ulg.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Friday Night Magic 2006 (F06) #8
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **Total Printings:** 30 across all historical editions

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