---
name: "Disrupting Shoal"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "33"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "2912d93d-ed51-41ef-b64f-3cb6581c09e5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/disrupting-shoal-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Disrupting Shoal
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle Text
You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell if its mana value is X.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Force of Will](/printing/force-of-will-mp2.md) — Instant
2. [Force of Negation](/printing/force-of-negation-2x2.md) — Instant
3. [Syncopate](/printing/syncopate-vow.md) — Instant
4. [Spell Blast](/printing/spell-blast-4ed.md) — Instant
5. [Disrupt](/printing/disrupt-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Dissipate](/printing/dissipate-wc97.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #33
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`