---
name: "Imperious Inkmage"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Orc Warlock"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: ["Surveil", "Vigilance"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "195"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nathaniel Himawan"
oracle_id: "fcd31653-4964-46a6-820c-f17e8cbaa1fa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/imperious-inkmage-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Imperious Inkmage
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Orc Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Surveil, Vigilance

## Oracle Text
Vigilance
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

> *"No es ego si eres perfecta, cariño".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fear of Surveillance](/printing/fear-of-surveillance-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
2. [Dimir Informant](/printing/dimir-informant-grn.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Naga Oracle](/printing/naga-oracle-akr.md) — Creature — Snake Cleric
4. [Cephalid Inkmage](/printing/cephalid-inkmage-fdn.md) — Creature — Octopus Wizard
5. [Rummaging Wizard](/printing/rummaging-wizard-ons.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [House Guildmage](/printing/house-guildmage-grn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #195
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nathaniel Himawan
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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