---
name: "Psychic Puppetry"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Joel Thomas"
oracle_id: "8d3c4e50-6709-42f9-97e7-3165ee501684"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/psychic-puppetry-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Psychic Puppetry
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
You may tap or untap target permanent.
Splice onto Arcane {U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Puppeteer](/printing/puppeteer-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Toils of Night and Day](/printing/toils-of-night-and-day-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Reality Spasm](/printing/reality-spasm-roe.md) — Instant
4. [Twiddle](/printing/twiddle-30a.md) — Instant
5. [Puppet Strings](/printing/puppet-strings-dde.md) — Artifact
6. [Thassa's Ire](/printing/thassas-ire-jou.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #80
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Joel Thomas
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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