---
name: "Mage's Guile"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "91"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "f371cdaf-7ab8-4555-8c96-61dfbf8c0179"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mages-guile-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mage's Guile
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Target creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *"Next time, don't bother."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gilded Light](/printing/gilded-light-scg.md) — Instant
2. [Svyelunite Priest](/printing/svyelunite-priest-fem.md) — Creature — Merfolk Cleric
3. [Hisoka's Guard](/printing/hisokas-guard-chk.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Veil of Secrecy](/printing/veil-of-secrecy-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Glimpse, the Unthinkable](/printing/glimpse-the-unthinkable-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Illusion Rogue
6. [Homarid Warrior](/printing/homarid-warrior-fem.md) — Creature — Homarid Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #91
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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