---
name: "Declaration in Stone"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "PSOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad Promos"
collector_number: "12s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "49554441-bb48-4829-b8d6-55e687a6c2e2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/declaration-in-stone-psoi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Declaration in Stone
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature and all other creatures its controller controls with the same name as that creature. That player investigates for each nontoken creature exiled this way.

> *The message was clear to Sorin—Nahiri had paid Markov Manor a visit.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Final Judgment](/printing/final-judgment-bok.md) — Sorcery
2. [Legion's End](/printing/legions-end-pm20.md) — Sorcery
3. [Eradicate](/printing/eradicate-bok.md) — Sorcery
4. [Moratorium Stone](/printing/moratorium-stone-gpt.md) — Artifact
5. [Maelstrom Pulse](/printing/maelstrom-pulse-fdn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Sever the Bloodline](/printing/sever-the-bloodline-ncc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad Promos (PSOI) #12s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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