---
name: "Condescend"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spears"
oracle_id: "96cf3c10-733d-4110-9dab-43d0cd4e6629"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/condescend-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Condescend
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stymied Hopes](/printing/stymied-hopes-ths.md) — Instant
2. [Dissolve](/printing/dissolve-ths.md) — Instant
3. [Memory Drain](/printing/memory-drain-thb.md) — Instant
4. [Calculated Dismissal](/printing/calculated-dismissal-plst.md) — Instant
5. [No Escape](/printing/no-escape-j22.md) — Instant
6. [Bane's Contingency](/printing/banes-contingency-clb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #27
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spears
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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