---
name: "Parallel Thoughts"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "2daee7cb-6736-4aa6-9921-0371c1abe69f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/parallel-thoughts-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Parallel Thoughts
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters, search your library for seven cards, exile them in a face-down pile, and shuffle that pile. Then shuffle your library.
If you would draw a card, you may instead put the top card of the pile you exiled into your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Manipulate Fate](/printing/manipulate-fate-inv.md) — Sorcery
2. [Distant Memories](/printing/distant-memories-mbs.md) — Sorcery
3. [Search the City](/printing/search-the-city-rtr.md) — Enchantment
4. [Denying Wind](/printing/denying-wind-pcy.md) — Sorcery
5. [Scattered Thoughts](/printing/scattered-thoughts-dbl.md) — Instant
6. [Colfenor's Plans](/printing/colfenors-plans-lrw.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #44
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 9 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: `legal`