---
name: "Dance, Pathetic Marionette"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Scheme"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "OARC"
set_name: "Archenemy Schemes"
collector_number: "6★"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Steve Prescott"
oracle_id: "06549c83-0777-44c7-baca-b167b650b714"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dance-pathetic-marionette-oarc"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dance, Pathetic Marionette
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Scheme

## Oracle Text
When you set this scheme in motion, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. Choose one of the revealed creature cards and put it onto the battlefield under your control. Put all other cards revealed this way into their owners' graveyards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Telemin Performance](/printing/telemin-performance-con.md) — Sorcery
2. [Animal Magnetism](/printing/animal-magnetism-cmm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dredge the Mire](/printing/dredge-the-mire-c20.md) — Sorcery
4. [Shapeshifter's Marrow](/printing/shapeshifters-marrow-fut.md) — Enchantment
5. [Dakra Mystic](/printing/dakra-mystic-jou.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Mesmeric Fiend](/printing/mesmeric-fiend-a25.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy Schemes (OARC) #6★
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Steve Prescott

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2010-06-15)* You’ll put just one creature card onto the battlefield this way. The other revealed creature cards, and all the revealed noncreature cards, will wind up in their owners’ graveyards.
- *(2010-06-15)* If an opponent has no creature cards left in their library, that player will wind up revealing their entire library and putting it into their graveyard. You’ll still get to choose a creature card revealed by another player.