---
name: "Spell Contortion"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Multikicker"]
set: "WWK"
set_name: "Worldwake"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Wayne Reynolds"
oracle_id: "01003192-8927-4e55-8dd9-e9e088a3fbe4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spell-contortion-wwk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spell Contortion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Multikicker

## Oracle Text
Multikicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. Draw a card for each time Spell Contortion was kicked.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ertai's Trickery](/printing/ertais-trickery-pls.md) — Instant
2. [Contradict](/printing/contradict-dtk.md) — Instant
3. [Unravel](/printing/unravel-eoe.md) — Instant
4. [Highly Illogical](/printing/highly-illogical-trk.md) — Instant
5. [Dream Fracture](/printing/dream-fracture-cns.md) — Instant
6. [Disrupt](/printing/disrupt-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Worldwake (WWK) #38
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Wayne Reynolds
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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