---
name: "Fading Hope"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Rovina Cai"
oracle_id: "64883ef2-c536-42e2-b52f-cfd1984fcdfd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fading-hope-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fading Hope
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Return target creature to its owner's hand. If its mana value was 3 or less, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

> *« Au moins je ne deviendrai pas l'une de... ces choses. »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Voyage's End](/printing/voyages-end-ths.md) — Instant
2. [Perilous Voyage](/printing/perilous-voyage-j22.md) — Instant
3. [Select for Inspection](/printing/select-for-inspection-kld.md) — Instant
4. [Horses of the Bruinen](/printing/horses-of-the-bruinen-ltr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Lose Hope](/printing/lose-hope-5dn.md) — Instant
6. [Stymied Hopes](/printing/stymied-hopes-ths.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #51
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Rovina Cai
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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