---
name: "Spoils of the Vault"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MRD"
set_name: "Mirrodin"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "ef86f861-1fdf-4be0-9497-8adc064af3de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spoils of the Vault
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose a card name. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with that name, then put that card into your hand. Exile all other cards revealed this way, and you lose 1 life for each of the exiled cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vexing Arcanix](/printing/vexing-arcanix-8ed.md) — Artifact
2. [Vampiric Tutor](/printing/vampiric-tutor-vis.md) — Instant
3. [Imperial Seal](/printing/imperial-seal-2x2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Divining Witch](/printing/divining-witch-plst.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
5. [Tunnel Vision](/printing/tunnel-vision-rav.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ancient Vendetta](/printing/ancient-vendetta-dft.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin (MRD) #78
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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