---
name: "Gather Specimens"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michael Bruinsma"
oracle_id: "e3b8d70b-17aa-4a31-a4f9-319907d088c2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gather-specimens-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gather Specimens
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If a creature would enter the battlefield under an opponent's control this turn, it enters under your control instead.

> *"Es libre de hacer lo que quiera. Yo sólo le digo qué es eso." —Xorin, arquitecto de voluntad*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wrong Turn](/printing/wrong-turn-cmr.md) — Instant
2. [Aethersnatch](/printing/aethersnatch-c15.md) — Instant
3. [Tolarian Entrancer](/printing/tolarian-entrancer-wth.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Beguiler of Wills](/printing/beguiler-of-wills-dka.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Commandeer](/printing/commandeer-cmm.md) — Instant
6. [Mass Manipulation](/printing/mass-manipulation-rna.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #45
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michael Bruinsma
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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