---
name: "Smuggler's Surprise"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Spree", "Mill"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "180"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jonas De Ro"
oracle_id: "605f719d-01f8-406c-9d4c-3f4992c6a69f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smugglers-surprise-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Smuggler's Surprise
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Spree, Mill

## Oracle Text
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {2} — Mill four cards. You may put up to two creature and/or land cards from among the milled cards into your hand.
+ {4}{G} — You may put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.
+ {1} — Creatures you control with power 4 or greater gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Yuan-Ti Scaleshield](/printing/yuan-ti-scaleshield-hbg.md) — Instant
2. [Sudden Reclamation](/printing/sudden-reclamation-frf.md) — Instant
3. [Collective Resistance](/printing/collective-resistance-mh3.md) — Instant
4. [Simic Charm](/printing/simic-charm-cmr.md) — Instant
5. [Heroic Intervention](/printing/heroic-intervention-cmm.md) — Instant
6. [Spectacular Tactics](/printing/spectacular-tactics-msc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #180
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jonas De Ro

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-04-12)* If a mode requires a target, you can select that mode only if there's a legal target available. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes you don't choose.
- *(2024-04-12)* Each additional cost and associated mode in the text box is also preceded with a + indicator. These symbols also have no rules meaning and serve only to remind players that the listed costs are additional costs.
- *(2024-04-12)* The mana value of a spell with spree is determined only by its mana cost (in the upper right corner of the card). It doesn't matter which modes you choose or which additional costs you pay, including any additional costs imposed by other effects.
- *(2024-04-12)* No player can cast spells or activate abilities in between the modes of a resolving spell. Any abilities that trigger won't be put onto the stack until the spell is done resolving.
- *(2024-04-12)* If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before a spell with spree resolves, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.
- *(2024-04-12)* You must choose at least one of the listed modes and pay its associated additional cost in order to cast a spell with spree.