---
name: "Increasing Confusion"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flashback", "Mill"]
set: "DKA"
set_name: "Dark Ascension"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "11293f96-3263-45e5-89fc-850df6b25a63"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/increasing-confusion-dka"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Increasing Confusion
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback, Mill

## Oracle Text
Target player mills X cards. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, that player mills twice that many cards instead.
Flashback {X}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inspiration from Beyond](/printing/inspiration-from-beyond-fdn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Chill of Foreboding](/printing/chill-of-foreboding-dka.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dream Twist](/printing/dream-twist-ema.md) — Instant
4. [Sweet Oblivion](/printing/sweet-oblivion-thb.md) — Sorcery
5. [Coerced Confession](/printing/coerced-confession-gtc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Glimpse the Unthinkable](/printing/glimpse-the-unthinkable-2x2.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dark Ascension (DKA) #41
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`