---
name: "Dichotomancy"
mana_cost: "{7}{U}{U}"
cmc: 9
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "PLC"
set_name: "Planar Chaos"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steven Belledin"
oracle_id: "6d23f074-d84c-429b-9322-adc731f54a5b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dichotomancy-plc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dichotomancy
- **Mana Cost:** `{7}{U}{U}` (CMC: 9)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
For each tapped nonland permanent target opponent controls, search that player's library for a card with the same name as that permanent. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control, then that player shuffles.
Suspend 3—{1}{U}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{U}{U} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inevitable Betrayal](/printing/inevitable-betrayal-mh2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mitotic Manipulation](/printing/mitotic-manipulation-mbs.md) — Sorcery
3. [Eternal Dominion](/printing/eternal-dominion-sok.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ancestral Vision](/printing/ancestral-vision-jvc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Profane Tutor](/printing/profane-tutor-mh2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Distant Memories](/printing/distant-memories-mbs.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planar Chaos (PLC) #38
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steven Belledin
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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