---
name: "Hidden Strings"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cipher"]
set: "DGM"
set_name: "Dragon's Maze"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "a50737d7-dd2d-40da-817c-f913f76b5011"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hidden-strings-dgm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hidden Strings
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cipher

## Oracle Text
You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hands of Binding](/printing/hands-of-binding-gtc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Toils of Night and Day](/printing/toils-of-night-and-day-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Writ of Return](/printing/writ-of-return-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Stolen Identity](/printing/stolen-identity-ncc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Last Thoughts](/printing/last-thoughts-gtc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Arcane Heist](/printing/arcane-heist-otc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dragon's Maze (DGM) #12
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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