---
name: "Covetous Urge"
mana_cost: "{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "ELD"
set_name: "Throne of Eldraine"
collector_number: "207"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carmen Sinek"
oracle_id: "6f52008f-3365-4cf9-9cae-8e761d657902"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/covetous-urge-eld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Covetous Urge
- **Mana Cost:** `{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from that player's graveyard or hand and exile it. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Psychic Intrusion](/printing/psychic-intrusion-ths.md) — Sorcery
2. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
3. [Psychic Theft](/printing/psychic-theft-pcy.md) — Sorcery
4. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Never Happened](/printing/never-happened-grn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Planeswalker's Mischief](/printing/planeswalkers-mischief-pls.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #207
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carmen Sinek
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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