---
name: "Obscura Interceptor"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Octopus Wizard"
colors: ["B", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "U", "W"]
keywords: ["Lifelink", "Flash", "Connive"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "209"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "b0870f91-c544-446a-8f7b-a8d03fdb0a2a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/obscura-interceptor-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Obscura Interceptor
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Octopus Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Lifelink, Flash, Connive

## Oracle Text
Flash
Lifelink
When this creature enters, it connives. When it connives this way, return up to one target spell to its owner's hand. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disruptor of Currents](/printing/disruptor-of-currents-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Psychic Pickpocket](/printing/psychic-pickpocket-snc.md) — Creature — Octopus Rogue
3. [Diviner of Fates](/printing/diviner-of-fates-ysnc.md) — Creature — Octopus Wizard
4. [Psionic Snoop](/printing/psionic-snoop-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Harbinger of the Tides](/printing/harbinger-of-the-tides-pori.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Obscura Confluence](/printing/obscura-confluence-pncc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #209
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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