---
name: "Devious Cover-Up"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "35"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Micah Epstein"
oracle_id: "feb221fb-59bf-4671-a53f-1bbe8e9c2ca9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devious-cover-up-grn"
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.

> *Primeiro, descarte as provas. Depois, descarte seu conhecimento do descarte.*

## 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:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #35
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Micah Epstein
- **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`