---
name: "Soul Manipulation"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "ZNC"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising Commander"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "419c2ae1-fec7-4c27-a7a0-99f777abb4de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/soul-manipulation-znc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Soul Manipulation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one or both —
• Counter target creature spell.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

> *«И рождение, и смерть — явления обратимые».
— Никол Болас*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Get Out](/printing/get-out-dsk.md) — Instant
2. [Tyrant's Scorn](/printing/tyrants-scorn-war.md) — Instant
3. [Applied Biomancy](/printing/applied-biomancy-rna.md) — Instant
4. [Soul Transfer](/printing/soul-transfer-neo.md) — Sorcery
5. [Familiar's Ruse](/printing/familiars-ruse-lrw.md) — Instant
6. [Unbury](/printing/unbury-ecl.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #100
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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