---
name: "Demonic Consultation"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MB2"
set_name: "Mystery Booster 2"
collector_number: "181"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chris Seaman"
oracle_id: "9a1412db-45ad-46ea-8f12-a85d203113d8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/demonic-consultation-mb2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "banned"
  vintage: "restricted"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Demonic Consultation
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.

> *Abandon hope . . . .*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Demonic Bargain](/printing/demonic-bargain-pvow.md) — Sorcery
2. [Divining Witch](/printing/divining-witch-plst.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
3. [Demonic Counsel](/printing/demonic-counsel-pdsk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Demonic Tutor](/printing/demonic-tutor-30a.md) — Sorcery
5. [Spoils of the Vault](/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd.md) — Instant
6. [Desperate Research](/printing/desperate-research-inv.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #181
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chris Seaman
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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