---
name: "Ingenious Mastery"
mana_cost: "{X}{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Treasure", "Scry"]
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "dad43a2d-5b30-45f2-a34d-9e68d1fbb716"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ingenious-mastery-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ingenious Mastery
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Treasure, Scry

## Oracle Text
You may pay {2}{U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the {2}{U} cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fervent Mastery](/printing/fervent-mastery-prm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ugin's Insight](/printing/ugins-insight-m3c.md) — Sorcery
3. [Arwen's Gift](/printing/arwens-gift-ltr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rhystic Scrying](/printing/rhystic-scrying-pcy.md) — Sorcery
5. [Great Intelligence's Plan](/printing/great-intelligences-plan-who.md) — Sorcery
6. [Delightful Discovery](/printing/delightful-discovery-j25.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #44
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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