---
name: "Failed Inspection"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "KLD-47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "e4fbf952-de3b-4cbd-848a-37041f337e06"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/failed-inspection-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Failed Inspection
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.

> *The most dangerous thing an artificer can do is believe an invention is perfect.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Refute](/printing/refute-fdn.md) — Instant
2. [Dismal Failure](/printing/dismal-failure-plc.md) — Instant
3. [Dismiss](/printing/dismiss-tmp.md) — Instant
4. [Contradict](/printing/contradict-dtk.md) — Instant
5. [Deny Entry](/printing/deny-entry-tle.md) — Instant
6. [Dream Fracture](/printing/dream-fracture-cns.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #KLD-47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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