---
name: "Sivvi's Ruse"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "c5edfaae-3ecd-41ad-970f-8cecb09bf1e4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sivvis-ruse-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sivvi's Ruse
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If an opponent controls a Mountain and you control a Plains, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to creatures you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sivvi's Valor](/printing/sivvis-valor-nem.md) — Instant
2. [Orim's Cure](/printing/orims-cure-mmq.md) — Instant
3. [Conversion](/printing/conversion-lea.md) — Enchantment
4. [Prahv, Spires of Order](/printing/prahv-spires-of-order-dis.md) — Land
5. [Ramosian Rally](/printing/ramosian-rally-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Cho-Arrim Legate](/printing/cho-arrim-legate-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #21
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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