---
name: "Miscalculation"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "ULG"
set_name: "Urza's Legacy"
collector_number: "36"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jeff Laubenstein"
oracle_id: "9078db26-3a54-4a11-9aae-e45c38da7226"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/miscalculation-ulg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Miscalculation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spell Snip](/printing/spell-snip-ala.md) — Instant
2. [Censor](/printing/censor-akh.md) — Instant
3. [Neutralize](/printing/neutralize-iko.md) — Instant
4. [Complicate](/printing/complicate-ons.md) — Instant
5. [Dismal Failure](/printing/dismal-failure-plc.md) — Instant
6. [Quench](/printing/quench-rvr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Legacy (ULG) #36
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jeff Laubenstein
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`