---
name: "Spellshift"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PLC"
set_name: "Planar Chaos"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Stephen Tappin"
oracle_id: "640fc475-5708-4ee6-a1a9-8f0722e22b48"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spellshift-plc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spellshift
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal an instant or sorcery card. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then the player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Put Away](/printing/put-away-shm.md) — Instant
2. [Discombobulate](/printing/discombobulate-10e.md) — Instant
3. [Memory Lapse](/printing/memory-lapse-wc98.md) — Instant
4. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Lapse of Certainty](/printing/lapse-of-certainty-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Spell Counter](/printing/spell-counter-unh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planar Chaos (PLC) #47
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Stephen Tappin
- **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`