---
name: "Familiar's Ruse"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MM3"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2017"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Eric Fortune"
oracle_id: "3b6d773b-e2f7-4e74-9e77-f2e0d369a31e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/familiars-ruse-mm3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Familiar's Ruse
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.
Counter target spell.

> *Because of their capricious nature, faeries can serve as living lenses for disruptive magic.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disappearing Act](/printing/disappearing-act-kld.md) — Instant
2. [Deprive](/printing/deprive-roe.md) — Instant
3. [Lost in the Mist](/printing/lost-in-the-mist-isd.md) — Instant
4. [Fold into Aether](/printing/fold-into-aether-5dn.md) — Instant
5. [Unsubstantiate](/printing/unsubstantiate-m21.md) — Instant
6. [Spell Counter](/printing/spell-counter-unh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #37
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Eric Fortune
- **Total Printings:** 13 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`