---
name: "Crystal Shard"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "MRD-159"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Doug Chaffee"
oracle_id: "cd8ccb10-a2c8-4a84-aa41-6ce6018f9bb7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crystal-shard-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crystal Shard
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{3}, {T} or {U}, {T}: Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays {1}.

> *The vedalken know it is not of this world, so they know that this world is not the only one.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Erratic Portal](/printing/erratic-portal-exo.md) — Artifact
2. [Skeleton Shard](/printing/skeleton-shard-hop.md) — Artifact
3. [Unsummon](/printing/unsummon-2ed.md) — Instant
4. [Symbol of Unsummoning](/printing/symbol-of-unsummoning-por.md) — Sorcery
5. [Repulse](/printing/repulse-wc02.md) — Instant
6. [Drown in Shapelessness](/printing/drown-in-shapelessness-pz2.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #MRD-159
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Doug Chaffee
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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