---
name: "Riverwalk Technique"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Julia Metzger"
oracle_id: "a123aab8-3f3a-4187-abcb-21a99dcf13bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/riverwalk-technique-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Riverwalk Technique
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
• Counter target noncreature spell.

> *Since the reestablishment of Highspire Monastery, its favored fighting styles have also resurged in popularity.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A-You Come to a River](/printing/a-you-come-to-a-river-hbg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Sudden Setback](/printing/sudden-setback-mkm.md) — Instant
3. [Run Out of Town](/printing/run-out-of-town-snc.md) — Instant
4. [Run Ashore](/printing/run-ashore-j25.md) — Instant
5. [Misleading Motes](/printing/misleading-motes-woe.md) — Instant
6. [Swirling Torrent](/printing/swirling-torrent-rna.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #54
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Julia Metzger
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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