---
name: "Maddening Cacophony"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill", "Kicker"]
set: "ZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising"
collector_number: "67"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "e0f0f290-c83f-4d97-9f5d-786c7136b0d1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/maddening-cacophony-znr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Maddening Cacophony
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Mill, Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {3}{U}
Each opponent mills eight cards. If this spell was kicked, instead each opponent mills half their library, rounded up.

> *Jace traced Nahiri to the Singing City, but the magic of the ancient ruins threatened to overwhelm his mind.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fractured Sanity](/printing/fractured-sanity-mh2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Traumatize](/printing/traumatize-9ed.md) — Sorcery
4. [Mind Sculpt](/printing/mind-sculpt-m15.md) — Sorcery
5. [Exhibition Tidecaller](/printing/exhibition-tidecaller-sos.md) — Creature — Djinn Wizard
6. [Tome Scour](/printing/tome-scour-m11.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #67
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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