---
name: "Dampen Thought"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill", "Splice"]
set: "MMA"
set_name: "Modern Masters"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Arnie Swekel"
oracle_id: "fa0ef984-b4e0-4c48-978c-0648e49d53f5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dampen-thought-mma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dampen Thought
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Mill, Splice

## Oracle Text
Target player mills four cards.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thought Scour](/printing/thought-scour-ddm.md) — Instant
2. [Countermand](/printing/countermand-jou.md) — Instant
3. [Heed the Mists](/printing/heed-the-mists-bok.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
4. [Cathartic Adept](/printing/cathartic-adept-ala.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Stream of Thought](/printing/stream-of-thought-mh1.md) — Sorcery
6. [Vedalken Entrancer](/printing/vedalken-entrancer-jmp.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters (MMA) #39
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Arnie Swekel
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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