---
name: "Failed Fording"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "José Parodi"
oracle_id: "fe4bbe82-1d6b-4f3d-8cc0-f6df22d9e9fb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/failed-fording-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Failed Fording
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If you control a Desert, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

> *"Devíamos ter pego a maldita balsa!"
— Hope Hagan, prospectora*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unauthorized Exit](/printing/unauthorized-exit-mkm.md) — Instant
2. [Banishing Betrayal](/printing/banishing-betrayal-sos.md) — Instant
3. [Unexplained Disappearance](/printing/unexplained-disappearance-grn.md) — Instant
4. [Depart the Realm](/printing/depart-the-realm-khm.md) — Instant
5. [Leave in the Dust](/printing/leave-in-the-dust-jmp.md) — Instant
6. [Geistwave](/printing/geistwave-dbl.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** José Parodi
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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