---
name: "Resounding Silence"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["G", "U", "W"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Zug"
oracle_id: "6eefa487-1542-4d24-80bd-4893d9d908c8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/resounding-silence-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Resounding Silence
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Exile target attacking creature.
Cycling {5}{G}{W}{U} ({5}{G}{W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, exile up to two target attacking creatures.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Second Thoughts](/printing/second-thoughts-ema.md) — Instant
2. [Forsake the Worldly](/printing/forsake-the-worldly-akr.md) — Instant
3. [Not on My Watch](/printing/not-on-my-watch-mkm.md) — Instant
4. [Astral Slide](/printing/astral-slide-f06.md) — Enchantment
5. [Excise](/printing/excise-pcy.md) — Instant
6. [Cast Out](/printing/cast-out-drc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #22
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Zug
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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