---
name: "Siren's Ruse"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ben Maier"
oracle_id: "58a55d14-b03b-4648-b168-ad35ff088b19"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sirens-ruse-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Siren's Ruse
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If a Pirate was exiled this way, draw a card.

> *Tromperies et manigances sont au cœur de la panoplie du pirate.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nephalia Smuggler](/printing/nephalia-smuggler-avr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
2. [Illusionist's Stratagem](/printing/illusionists-stratagem-klr.md) — Instant
3. [Acrobatic Maneuver](/printing/acrobatic-maneuver-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Blur](/printing/blur-clb.md) — Instant
5. [March of the Drowned](/printing/march-of-the-drowned-plst.md) — Sorcery
6. [Splash Portal](/printing/splash-portal-blb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #80
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ben Maier
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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