---
name: "Consuming Ashes"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "9ef676f0-53c5-4efe-9341-e960d00dbc69"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/consuming-ashes-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Consuming Ashes
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature. If it had mana value 3 or less, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

> *El agente solo iba por la mitad de la orden de arresto cuando tanto la orden como él se convirtieron en humo.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eat to Extinction](/printing/eat-to-extinction-thb.md) — Instant
2. [Deadly Visit](/printing/deadly-visit-grn.md) — Sorcery
3. [Hour of Defeat](/printing/hour-of-defeat-msh.md) — Instant
4. [He's Dead, Jim](/printing/hes-dead-jim-trk.md) — Instant
5. [Umbral Collar Zealot](/printing/umbral-collar-zealot-soc.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Sultai Ascendancy](/printing/sultai-ascendancy-ktk.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #83
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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