---
name: "Discover the Formula"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Seek"]
set: "YMID"
set_name: "Alchemy: Innistrad"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Joshua Cairos"
oracle_id: "4025bdca-9985-4b3b-a440-993d474310e3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/discover-the-formula-ymid"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Discover the Formula
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Seek

## Oracle Text
Seek three nonland cards, then nonland cards in your hand perpetually gain "This spell costs {1} less to cast."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Plunderer's Prize](/printing/plunderers-prize-ylci.md) — Sorcery
2. [Seek New Knowledge](/printing/seek-new-knowledge-hbg.md) — Instant
3. [Spellseeker](/printing/spellseeker-j20.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Focus the Mind](/printing/focus-the-mind-tdm.md) — Instant
5. [Deem Inferior](/printing/deem-inferior-mh3.md) — Sorcery
6. [Archmage of Runes](/printing/archmage-of-runes-pfdn.md) — Creature — Giant Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Innistrad (YMID) #15
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Joshua Cairos

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