---
name: "Rouse"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "157"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dave Dorman"
oracle_id: "475099d9-4743-420a-ada8-3932f5ef9e82"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rouse-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rouse
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If you control a Swamp, you may pay 2 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dark Triumph](/printing/dark-triumph-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Snuff Out](/printing/snuff-out-mmq.md) — Instant
3. [Defile](/printing/defile-sld.md) — Instant
4. [Tendrils of Corruption](/printing/tendrils-of-corruption-c14.md) — Instant
5. [Bubbling Muck](/printing/bubbling-muck-plst.md) — Sorcery
6. [Consuming Corruption](/printing/consuming-corruption-mh3.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #157
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dave Dorman
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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