---
name: "Devious Cover-Up"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "48"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Colin Boyer"
oracle_id: "feb221fb-59bf-4671-a53f-1bbe8e9c2ca9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devious-cover-up-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Devious Cover-Up
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may shuffle up to four target cards from your graveyard into your library.

> *Widow Weber's new scarecrow seemed to attract more crows than it scared off.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Put Away](/printing/put-away-shm.md) — Instant
2. [Spellshift](/printing/spellshift-plc.md) — Instant
3. [Discombobulate](/printing/discombobulate-10e.md) — Instant
4. [Dissipate](/printing/dissipate-wc97.md) — Instant
5. [Hinder](/printing/hinder-p06.md) — Instant
6. [Memory Lapse](/printing/memory-lapse-wc98.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #48
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Colin Boyer
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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