---
name: "Clutch of the Undercity"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Transmute"]
set: "PSAL"
set_name: "Salvat 2005"
collector_number: "E14"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "316cae8b-31b0-4b76-8b72-8122005e1b4e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/clutch-of-the-undercity-psal"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Clutch of the Undercity
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Transmute

## Oracle Text
Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 3 life.
Transmute {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rescind](/printing/rescind-vma.md) — Instant
2. [Regress](/printing/regress-roe.md) — Instant
3. [Perplex](/printing/perplex-rav.md) — Instant
4. [Rescue](/printing/rescue-dom.md) — Instant
5. [Boomerang](/printing/boomerang-8ed.md) — Instant
6. [Drag Under](/printing/drag-under-emn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #E14
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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