---
name: "Sift Through Sands"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "4f5978a6-40c2-49df-8277-48a6d4f6f23e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sift-through-sands-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sift Through Sands
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards, then discard a card.
If you've cast a spell named Peer Through Depths and a spell named Reach Through Mists this turn, you may search your library for a card named The Unspeakable, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sift](/printing/sift-m19.md) — Sorcery
2. [Frantic Search](/printing/frantic-search-cmm.md) — Instant
3. [Thirst for Discovery](/printing/thirst-for-discovery-vow.md) — Instant
4. [Pore Over the Pages](/printing/pore-over-the-pages-ddq.md) — Sorcery
5. [Reach Through Mists](/printing/reach-through-mists-dds.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [Ideas Unbound](/printing/ideas-unbound-sok.md) — Sorcery — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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