---
name: "Consuming Vortex"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "863bb8d8-4571-4775-87e3-d6f3ec88c835"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/consuming-vortex-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Consuming Vortex
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Splice onto Arcane {3}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eye of Nowhere](/printing/eye-of-nowhere-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
2. [Soulless Revival](/printing/soulless-revival-chk.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Part the Veil](/printing/part-the-veil-chk.md) — Instant — Arcane
4. [Repulse](/printing/repulse-wc02.md) — Instant
5. [Unsubstantiate](/printing/unsubstantiate-m21.md) — Instant
6. [Arrester's Admonition](/printing/arresters-admonition-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #54
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`