---
name: "Deadly Plot"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "520"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Peter Polach"
oracle_id: "6178715c-870d-4710-b758-66e080804ee3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deadly-plot-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Deadly Plot
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
• Return target Zombie creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Live or Die](/printing/live-or-die-dsk.md) — Instant
2. [Cruel Revival](/printing/cruel-revival-gnt.md) — Instant
3. [Qutrub Forayer](/printing/qutrub-forayer-fin.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
4. [Lethal Protection](/printing/lethal-protection-spe.md) — Sorcery
5. [Aim for the Head](/printing/aim-for-the-head-vow.md) — Sorcery
6. [Feast or Famine](/printing/feast-or-famine-ddj.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #520
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Peter Polach

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