---
name: "Mephitic Vapors"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "RVR"
set_name: "Ravnica Remastered"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Darek Zabrocki"
oracle_id: "5731ecb5-6ddc-4452-990c-b69986367f25"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mephitic-vapors-rvr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mephitic Vapors
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

> *Ravnica's safest strongholds are often neither.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Neutralize the Guards](/printing/neutralize-the-guards-otj.md) — Instant
2. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Shrivel](/printing/shrivel-m14.md) — Sorcery
4. [Deadly Visit](/printing/deadly-visit-grn.md) — Sorcery
5. [Nausea](/printing/nausea-ema.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dazzling Lights](/printing/dazzling-lights-grn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #85
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Darek Zabrocki
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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