---
name: "Daze"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matthew D. Wilson"
oracle_id: "70486bee-6ee7-41ea-b834-8caf4699302b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/daze-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "banned"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Daze
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thwart](/printing/thwart-mmq.md) — Instant
2. [Ensnare](/printing/ensnare-nem.md) — Instant
3. [Deprive](/printing/deprive-roe.md) — Instant
4. [Foil](/printing/foil-mb2.md) — Instant
5. [Tidal Bore](/printing/tidal-bore-mmq.md) — Instant
6. [Gush](/printing/gush-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #30
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matthew D. Wilson
- **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: `banned` | Penny: `not_legal`