---
name: "Overwhelming Intellect"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alex Horley-Orlandelli"
oracle_id: "8038337b-aff9-49aa-800c-0e12d2688765"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/overwhelming-intellect-sok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Overwhelming Intellect
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target creature spell. Draw cards equal to that spell's mana value.

> *"O meu cérebro dói."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Confound](/printing/confound-pls.md) — Instant
2. [Exclude](/printing/exclude-cmm.md) — Instant
3. [Bone to Ash](/printing/bone-to-ash-m19.md) — Instant
4. [Dream Fracture](/printing/dream-fracture-cns.md) — Instant
5. [Contradict](/printing/contradict-dtk.md) — Instant
6. [Unravel](/printing/unravel-eoe.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #51
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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