---
name: "Paranoid Delusions"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Mill", "Cipher"]
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "186"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "129cec2c-fc1b-4ce6-98f2-2123e4dbd1ae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/paranoid-delusions-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Paranoid Delusions
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Mill, Cipher

## Oracle Text
Target player mills three cards.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mental Vapors](/printing/mental-vapors-gtc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Induce Paranoia](/printing/induce-paranoia-rav.md) — Instant
3. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Glimpse the Unthinkable](/printing/glimpse-the-unthinkable-2x2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Last Thoughts](/printing/last-thoughts-gtc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Cathartic Adept](/printing/cathartic-adept-ala.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #186
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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