---
name: "Quiet Speculation"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "WC02"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 2002"
collector_number: "shh49sb"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "938f48a9-766e-41d3-a425-9c3a6adf675b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/quiet-speculation-wc02"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Quiet Speculation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search target player's library for up to three cards with flashback and put them into that player's graveyard. Then the player shuffles.

> *"The best foresight is hindsight."
—Empress Llawan*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tombfire](/printing/tombfire-ody.md) — Sorcery
2. [Resentful Revelation](/printing/resentful-revelation-fin.md) — Sorcery
3. [Increasing Ambition](/printing/increasing-ambition-sis.md) — Sorcery
4. [Flashback](/printing/flashback-sos.md) — Instant
5. [Foresight](/printing/foresight-all.md) — Sorcery
6. [Forbidden Alchemy](/printing/forbidden-alchemy-tdc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #shh49sb
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Avon
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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