---
name: "Guidance Failure"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TRK"
set_name: "Star Trek"
collector_number: "60"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Álvarez"
oracle_id: "6c18f853-684b-42f6-8bc6-e86596131ab1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/guidance-failure-trk"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Guidance Failure
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast if it targets an attacking creature.
Target creature or Spacecraft's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

> *The ionized gasses of the Mutara Nebula wreaked havoc with sensors and shielding.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Run Behind](/printing/run-behind-sos.md) — Instant
2. [Bury in Books](/printing/bury-in-books-j22.md) — Instant
3. [Dire Downdraft](/printing/dire-downdraft-blb.md) — Instant
4. [Uneasy Partings](/printing/uneasy-partings-hob.md) — Instant
5. [Swat Away](/printing/swat-away-ecl.md) — Instant
6. [Depower](/printing/depower-msh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Star Trek (TRK) #60
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Álvarez

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