---
name: "Incarnation Technique"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill", "Demonstrate"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "1776"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bill McConkey"
oracle_id: "0ab9539d-3461-4936-95cd-4c229308c4a4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/incarnation-technique-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Incarnation Technique
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Mill, Demonstrate

## Oracle Text
Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.)
Mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

> *"We could be on the verge of a four-fold cross rip. A PKE surge of incredible, even dangerous proportions."
—Dr. Raymond Stantz*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Replication Technique](/printing/replication-technique-m3c.md) — Sorcery
2. [Healing Technique](/printing/healing-technique-c21.md) — Sorcery
3. [Creative Technique](/printing/creative-technique-c21.md) — Sorcery
4. [May the Mana Be with You](/printing/may-the-mana-be-with-you-unk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Excavation Technique](/printing/excavation-technique-c21.md) — Sorcery
6. [Transforming Flourish](/printing/transforming-flourish-tdc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1776
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bill McConkey
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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