---
name: "Siphon Insight"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "OTP"
set_name: "Breaking News"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michal Ivan"
oracle_id: "aee82122-d13e-4175-b499-9dde718e4da9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/siphon-insight-otp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Siphon Insight
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Flashback {1}{U}{B}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flash of Insight](/printing/flash-of-insight-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Lidless Gaze](/printing/lidless-gaze-ltc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Inside Information](/printing/inside-information-hob.md) — Sorcery
4. [Sealed Fate](/printing/sealed-fate-mir.md) — Sorcery
5. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Forbidden Alchemy](/printing/forbidden-alchemy-tdc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Breaking News (OTP) #54
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michal Ivan
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

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