---
name: "Make Yourself Useful"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Scheme"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "OE01"
set_name: "Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes"
collector_number: "9★"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Gaillet"
oracle_id: "1e502010-4cea-485b-ac89-abcbc725ba13"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/make-yourself-useful-oe01"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Make Yourself Useful
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Scheme

## Oracle Text
When you set this scheme in motion, destroy target creature an opponent controls. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness.

> *"To think you've spent years honing your body only to die like this."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Misfortune's Gain](/printing/misfortunes-gain-me3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Certain Death](/printing/certain-death-j22.md) — Sorcery
3. [Tidy Conclusion](/printing/tidy-conclusion-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Swords to Plowshares](/printing/swords-to-plowshares-ptc.md) — Instant
5. [Death's Caress](/printing/deaths-caress-dka.md) — Sorcery
6. [Sephiroth's Intervention](/printing/sephiroths-intervention-fin.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes (OE01) #9★
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Gaillet

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