---
name: "Contingency Plan"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "EMN-52"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ryan Yee"
oracle_id: "67bc4116-539e-4748-95e1-033df78173ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contingency-plan-plst"
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.)

> *"Improvisation is for those who failed to prepare."
—Jace Beleren*

## 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:** The List (PLST) #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`