---
name: "Cruel Fate"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "POR"
set_name: "Portal"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Adrian Smith"
oracle_id: "e199e183-e857-4dc7-87f4-36b32c4dac96"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-fate-por"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cruel Fate
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Look at the top five cards of target opponent's library. Put one of those cards into that player's graveyard and the rest on top of their library in any order.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sealed Fate](/printing/sealed-fate-mir.md) — Sorcery
2. [Index](/printing/index-9ed.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ransack](/printing/ransack-s99.md) — Sorcery
4. [Eye Spy](/printing/eye-spy-s99.md) — Sorcery
5. [Diabolic Vision](/printing/diabolic-vision-ice.md) — Sorcery
6. [Manipulate Fate](/printing/manipulate-fate-inv.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Portal (POR) #50
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Adrian Smith
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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