---
name: "Muse's Encouragement"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "61"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Oriana Menendez"
oracle_id: "62421084-96e6-40dd-8d34-7c8c1091d4a4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/muses-encouragement-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Muse's Encouragement
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
Create a 3/3 blue and red Elemental creature token with flying.
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.)

> *Viele Prismari-Studierende kommen unter dem unergründlichen Blick der Muse auf ihre besten Einfälle.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Watcher in the Mist](/printing/watcher-in-the-mist-grn.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Cruel Witness](/printing/cruel-witness-vow.md) — Creature — Bird Horror
3. [Federation Probe](/printing/federation-probe-trk.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
4. [Emergent Haunting](/printing/emergent-haunting-otj.md) — Enchantment
5. [Morcant's Eyes](/printing/morcants-eyes-ecl.md) — Kindred Enchantment — Elf
6. [Essence Anchor](/printing/essence-anchor-tdm.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #61
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Oriana Menendez
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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