---
name: "Prescient Chimera"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Chimera"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry", "Flying"]
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "af199b80-d5d8-417a-97d5-459a5bd48b22"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/prescient-chimera-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Prescient Chimera
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Chimera
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Scry, Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stormchaser Chimera](/printing/stormchaser-chimera-plst.md) — Creature — Chimera
2. [Sphinx of Foresight](/printing/sphinx-of-foresight-prna.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Witness of Tomorrows](/printing/witness-of-tomorrows-thb.md) — Enchantment Creature — Sphinx
4. [Horizon Scholar](/printing/horizon-scholar-plst.md) — Creature — Sphinx
5. [Prognostic Sphinx](/printing/prognostic-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Faerie Seer](/printing/faerie-seer-j21.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #164
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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