---
name: "Soul Strings"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "fac310c7-c1e5-42f9-8140-17472be21d0d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/soul-strings-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Soul Strings
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand unless any player pays {X}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Salvage](/printing/soul-salvage-dom.md) — Sorcery
2. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery
4. [Death's Duet](/printing/deaths-duet-exo.md) — Sorcery
5. [Morbid Plunder](/printing/morbid-plunder-td2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Urborg Uprising](/printing/urborg-uprising-ema.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #78
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`