---
name: "Lethal Scheme"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Connive", "Convoke"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "184"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tuan Duong Chu"
oracle_id: "c4660b3c-a234-4a3e-83e7-e2fa9d556685"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lethal-scheme-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lethal Scheme
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Connive, Convoke

## Oracle Text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked this spell connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vote Out](/printing/vote-out-eoe.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mob](/printing/mob-mh1.md) — Instant
3. [Pile On](/printing/pile-on-mom.md) — Instant
4. [Covenant of Blood](/printing/covenant-of-blood-m15.md) — Sorcery
5. [Cut Short](/printing/cut-short-mom.md) — Instant
6. [Sundering Vitae](/printing/sundering-vitae-rav.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #184
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tuan Duong Chu
- **Total Printings:** 58 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`