---
name: "Cryptic Pursuit"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Manifest"]
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Marc Simonetti"
oracle_id: "214cfbc8-369e-4035-9b65-80d0e0024889"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cryptic-pursuit-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cryptic Pursuit
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Manifest

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Whenever a face-down creature you control dies, exile it if it's an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card until the end of your next turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Primordial Mist](/printing/primordial-mist-dsc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Ethereal Ambush](/printing/ethereal-ambush-frf.md) — Instant
3. [Ugin's Mastery](/printing/ugins-mastery-cmm.md) — Enchantment
4. [Soul Summons](/printing/soul-summons-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Whisperwood Elemental](/printing/whisperwood-elemental-mkc.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Under the Skin](/printing/under-the-skin-dsk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #70
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Marc Simonetti
- **Total Printings:** 16 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`