---
name: "Pulse of the Grid"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "DST-29"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wayne England"
oracle_id: "73ea32e4-72c5-42ee-8ed5-21dee83d7eec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pulse-of-the-grid-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pulse of the Grid
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards, then discard a card. Then if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Grid to its owner's hand.

> *Before labs or lectures, there was insight.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Catalog](/printing/catalog-8ed.md) — Instant
2. [Mindculling](/printing/mindculling-nph.md) — Sorcery
3. [Tragic Lesson](/printing/tragic-lesson-hou.md) — Instant
4. [Careful Study](/printing/careful-study-sld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Flux](/printing/flux-wth.md) — Sorcery
6. [Tainted Indulgence](/printing/tainted-indulgence-snc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #DST-29
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wayne England
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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