---
name: "Contingency Plan"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ryan Yee"
oracle_id: "67bc4116-539e-4748-95e1-033df78173ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contingency-plan-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Contingency Plan
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
Surveil 5. (Look at the top five cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

> *"임기응변은 준비하지 못한 자에게나 필요하지." —제이스 벨레렌*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Taigam's Scheming](/printing/taigams-scheming-ktk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Curate](/printing/curate-mkc.md) — Instant
3. [Plan the Heist](/printing/plan-the-heist-otj.md) — Sorcery
4. [Consider](/printing/consider-dbl.md) — Instant
5. [Sultai Ascendancy](/printing/sultai-ascendancy-ktk.md) — Enchantment
6. [Otherworldly Gaze](/printing/otherworldly-gaze-dbl.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #52
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ryan Yee
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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