---
name: "Hieroglyphic Illumination"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "C20"
set_name: "Commander 2020"
collector_number: "112"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Raoul Vitale"
oracle_id: "60e358ec-eb11-4a16-a0ae-b7c064a8ea6c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hieroglyphic-illumination-c20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hieroglyphic Illumination
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *"The answers are here. This is the way through the trial."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Touch of Brilliance](/printing/touch-of-brilliance-por.md) — Sorcery
2. [Quick Study](/printing/quick-study-fdn.md) — Instant
3. [Inspiration](/printing/inspiration-6ed.md) — Instant
4. [Catalog](/printing/catalog-8ed.md) — Instant
5. [Divination](/printing/divination-m12.md) — Sorcery
6. [Counsel of the Soratami](/printing/counsel-of-the-soratami-10e.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2020 (C20) #112
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Raoul Vitale
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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