---
name: "Overburden"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Matson"
oracle_id: "8104e454-77f5-4d38-894e-41ed0d74c17c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/overburden-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Overburden
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever a player puts a nontoken creature onto the battlefield, that player returns a land they control to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mana Breach](/printing/mana-breach-exo.md) — Enchantment
2. [Overabundance](/printing/overabundance-inv.md) — Enchantment
3. [Planar Overlay](/printing/planar-overlay-pls.md) — Sorcery
4. [Burgeoning](/printing/burgeoning-cn2.md) — Enchantment
5. [Overlaid Terrain](/printing/overlaid-terrain-nem.md) — Enchantment
6. [Sacred Ground](/printing/sacred-ground-sth.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #39
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Matson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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