---
name: "Plumb the Forbidden"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "224"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Andrey Kuzinskiy"
oracle_id: "b099fc54-cdbc-46cb-b4e4-7c2ca77b115b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plumb-the-forbidden-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Plumb the Forbidden
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.
You draw a card and lose 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Costly Plunder](/printing/costly-plunder-2xm.md) — Instant
2. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-sum.md) — Instant
3. [Corrupted Conviction](/printing/corrupted-conviction-otj.md) — Instant
4. [Village Rites](/printing/village-rites-inr.md) — Instant
5. [Altar's Reap](/printing/altars-reap-cma.md) — Instant
6. [Merciless Resolve](/printing/merciless-resolve-soi.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #224
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Andrey Kuzinskiy

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-04-16)* If you copy Plumb the Forbidden multiple times, each magecraft ability of a creature you control will trigger that many times.
- *(2021-04-16)* If you sacrifice a creature with a magecraft ability to cast Plumb the Forbidden, that creature's ability will not trigger.