---
name: "Nature Demands an Offering"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Scheme"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "OARC"
set_name: "Archenemy Schemes"
collector_number: "31★"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Matson"
oracle_id: "041edb3a-e7f3-4118-9974-99b622d18b09"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nature-demands-an-offering-oarc"
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"
---

# Nature Demands an Offering
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Scheme

## Oracle Text
When you set this scheme in motion, target opponent chooses a creature you don't control and puts it on top of its owner's library, then repeats this process for an artifact, an enchantment, and a land. Then the owner of each permanent chosen this way shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Run Out of Town](/printing/run-out-of-town-snc.md) — Instant
2. [Misleading Motes](/printing/misleading-motes-woe.md) — Instant
3. [Oblation](/printing/oblation-c21.md) — Instant
4. [Whims of the Fates](/printing/whims-of-the-fates-c16.md) — Sorcery
5. [Metamorphose](/printing/metamorphose-scg.md) — Instant
6. [Natural Selection](/printing/natural-selection-2ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy Schemes (OARC) #31★
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Matson

## 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2010-06-15)* The owner of a token permanent chosen this way still shuffles their library, even though the token ceases to exist.
- *(2010-06-15)* The four permanents are put on top of their owners’ libraries in sequence. That means that a single artifact creature, for example, can’t be chosen as both the creature and as the artifact.
- *(2010-06-15)* If one of the chosen permanents is controlled by an opponent but owned by you, you’ll wind up shuffling your library.
- *(2010-06-15)* If there are no applicable choices for one of the permanent types, it’s simply skipped. The process is still repeated for the other listed permanent types.
- *(2010-06-15)* If a player owns multiple permanents chosen this way, that player shuffles their library just once.
- *(2010-06-15)* The targeted opponent may choose a creature they control, or may choose a creature one of your other opponents controls. The same is true for each of the other permanent types listed.