---
name: "Cling to Dust"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Escape"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "THB-87"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Caio Monteiro"
oracle_id: "9c44e556-4c7a-48bf-a108-c584f69c2cfa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cling-to-dust-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cling to Dust
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Escape

## Oracle Text
Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, you gain 3 life. Otherwise, you draw a card.
Escape—{3}{B}, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

> *In bleak Tizerus, all hope crumbles in your grasp.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shadowfeed](/printing/shadowfeed-ala.md) — Instant
2. [Cremate](/printing/cremate-rtr.md) — Instant
3. [Graveyard Shovel](/printing/graveyard-shovel-isd.md) — Artifact
4. [Withered Wretch](/printing/withered-wretch-hop.md) — Creature — Zombie Cleric
5. [From the Catacombs](/printing/from-the-catacombs-clb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Creakwood Ghoul](/printing/creakwood-ghoul-eve.md) — Creature — Plant Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #THB-87
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Caio Monteiro
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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