---
name: "Cunning Rhetoric"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "864"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "e7eb7ac8-08ab-419b-8508-987afd0bb93b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cunning-rhetoric-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cunning Rhetoric
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Ruinous Powers](/printing/the-ruinous-powers-40k.md) — Enchantment
2. [Opposition Agent](/printing/opposition-agent-cmr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Stolen Strategy](/printing/stolen-strategy-pip.md) — Enchantment
4. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Pick Up the Pace](/printing/pick-up-the-pace-msc.md) — Enchantment
6. [Inside Information](/printing/inside-information-hob.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #864
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 27 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`