---
name: "Scout's Warning"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "FUT"
set_name: "Future Sight"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "f65cba6a-3ef4-4841-b2c1-578b2a2c3300"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scouts-warning-fut"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scout's Warning
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
The next creature card you play this turn can be played as though it had flash.
Draw a card.

> *„Ich genieße nichts mehr, als hinterhältigen Gegnern einen Hinterhalt zu legen."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Borne Upon a Wind](/printing/borne-upon-a-wind-pltr.md) — Instant
2. [Quicken](/printing/quicken-m14.md) — Instant
3. [Flash](/printing/flash-mir.md) — Instant
4. [Leyline of Anticipation](/printing/leyline-of-anticipation-m20.md) — Enchantment
5. [Savage Summoning](/printing/savage-summoning-m14.md) — Instant
6. [Vernal Equinox](/printing/vernal-equinox-plst.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Future Sight (FUT) #16
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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