---
name: "Run Behind"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nereida"
oracle_id: "7578a192-82e5-43ff-8dee-225f313c484a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/run-behind-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast if it targets an attacking creature.
Target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

> *Le bus volant n'attend personne.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Guidance Failure](/printing/guidance-failure-trk.md) — Instant
2. [Bury in Books](/printing/bury-in-books-j22.md) — Instant
3. [Swat Away](/printing/swat-away-ecl.md) — Instant
4. [Uneasy Partings](/printing/uneasy-partings-hob.md) — Instant
5. [Dire Downdraft](/printing/dire-downdraft-blb.md) — Instant
6. [Depower](/printing/depower-msh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #66
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nereida
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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