---
name: "Dash Hopes"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PLC"
set_name: "Planar Chaos"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "6a4ace6b-ef3a-4d11-89d7-958f98dcc445"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dash-hopes-plc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dash Hopes
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
When you cast this spell, any player may pay 5 life. If a player does, counter Dash Hopes.
Counter target spell.

> *« Force l'ennemi à se concentrer sur ce qu'il a déjà perdu, et il devient facile de lui prendre le reste. » —Holux, racketteur de la forteresse*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Undermine](/printing/undermine-inv.md) — Instant
2. [Withering Boon](/printing/withering-boon-mir.md) — Instant
3. [Psychic Barrier](/printing/psychic-barrier-nph.md) — Instant
4. [Countersquall](/printing/countersquall-ddh.md) — Instant
5. [Deny the Witch](/printing/deny-the-witch-40k.md) — Instant
6. [Offering to Asha](/printing/offering-to-asha-arb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planar Chaos (PLC) #68
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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