---
name: "Lurking Informant"
mana_cost: "{1}{U/B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Rogue"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "249"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spears"
oracle_id: "4ad09b75-6d7a-46c7-95a2-d7f90995fdd1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lurking-informant-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lurking Informant
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U/B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
({U/B} can be paid with either {U} or {B}.)
{2}, {T}: Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card into that player's graveyard.

> *In the undercity, forgetfulness is often encouraged at the point of a blade.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wu Spy](/printing/wu-spy-ptk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Rogue
2. [Undercity Informer](/printing/undercity-informer-plst.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Dimir Informant](/printing/dimir-informant-grn.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Whisper Agent](/printing/whisper-agent-clu.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Draugr Thought-Thief](/printing/draugr-thought-thief-khm.md) — Creature — Zombie Rogue
6. [Merfolk Observer](/printing/merfolk-observer-roe.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #249
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spears
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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