---
name: "Dimir Machinations"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Transmute"]
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "cab67380-4e1a-4210-a98b-d2a21022b4b7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dimir-machinations-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dimir Machinations
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Transmute

## Oracle Text
Look at the top three cards of target player's library. Exile any number of those cards, then put the rest back in any order.
Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dimir Charm](/printing/dimir-charm-prm.md) — Instant
2. [Divining Witch](/printing/divining-witch-plst.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
3. [Sealed Fate](/printing/sealed-fate-mir.md) — Sorcery
4. [Dimir Guildmage](/printing/dimir-guildmage-mm2.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Transmogrify](/printing/transmogrify-prm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Demonic Bargain](/printing/demonic-bargain-pvow.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #84
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **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: `not_legal`