---
name: "Spell Snip"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Michael Sutfin"
oracle_id: "cfdae813-7241-4f6c-99f0-c772af34af91"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spell-snip-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *"Uma mágica conjurada por uma mão carnal é tão débil quanto a própria carne." — Lodus, dos Etherólatras*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Censor](/printing/censor-akh.md) — Instant
2. [Miscalculation](/printing/miscalculation-ulg.md) — Instant
3. [Neutralize](/printing/neutralize-iko.md) — Instant
4. [Complicate](/printing/complicate-ons.md) — Instant
5. [Runeboggle](/printing/runeboggle-gpt.md) — Instant
6. [Force Spike](/printing/force-spike-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #57
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Michael Sutfin
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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