---
name: "Increasing Ambition"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "DKA"
set_name: "Dark Ascension"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "09027657-bc9a-4702-88c1-e5b3534ad188"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/increasing-ambition-dka"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Increasing Ambition
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, instead search your library for two cards and put those cards into your hand. Then shuffle.
Flashback {7}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Resentful Revelation](/printing/resentful-revelation-fin.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mystical Teachings](/printing/mystical-teachings-fdn.md) — Instant
3. [Mastermind's Acquisition](/printing/masterminds-acquisition-rix.md) — Sorcery
4. [Quiet Speculation](/printing/quiet-speculation-wc03.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dark Petition](/printing/dark-petition-sld.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mystic Retrieval](/printing/mystic-retrieval-c19.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dark Ascension (DKA) #69
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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