---
name: "Shifting Borders"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alex Horley-Orlandelli"
oracle_id: "b377f717-d0c2-4db5-aba2-fa4bfa35de0f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shifting-borders-sok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shifting Borders
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
Exchange control of two target lands.
Splice onto Arcane {3}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Political Trickery](/printing/political-trickery-wc97.md) — Sorcery
2. [Shifting Loyalties](/printing/shifting-loyalties-frf.md) — Sorcery
3. [Vedalken Plotter](/printing/vedalken-plotter-cmd.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
4. [Shifting Grift](/printing/shifting-grift-otj.md) — Sorcery
5. [Spectral Shift](/printing/spectral-shift-5dn.md) — Instant
6. [Puca's Mischief](/printing/pucas-mischief-shm.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #56
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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