---
name: "Praetor's Grasp"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "71"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steve Argyle"
oracle_id: "6d56aeb1-0a50-46b6-abdb-cd6575a98dc3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/praetors-grasp-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Praetor's Grasp
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it face down. Then that player shuffles. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Extract](/printing/extract-ody.md) — Sorcery
2. [Sealed Fate](/printing/sealed-fate-mir.md) — Sorcery
3. [Bitter Ordeal](/printing/bitter-ordeal-fut.md) — Sorcery
4. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
5. [Diabolic Tutor](/printing/diabolic-tutor-cma.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mastermind's Acquisition](/printing/masterminds-acquisition-rix.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #71
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steve Argyle

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2011-06-01)* Playing a card exiled with Praetor’s Grasp follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.
- *(2011-06-01)* Other players, including the card’s owner, can’t look at the card while it remains exiled.